SEND

As a team we work tirelessly with Pupils, Parents, Primary Schools, Year Teams, Class Teachers and other Professionals to ensure pupils with SEND remain learning in the classroom with their peers. We all share a joint mission that no one should get left behind.

How do we support Transition?

I am in contact with every feeder primary school to speak with the primary SENCOs and Year 6 teachers. This enables us to get a full picture of every pupil coming to Folkestone Academy, not just the pupils transferring on the SEND register. In addition to this, separate meetings will be arranged with other professionals such as the Specialist Teaching and Learning Service to discuss some pupils at length. Where appropriate telephone conversations will be organised with parents of pupils with SEND.

Once we have gathered all the information and relevant professional conversations have taken place there are several things the team will do. 

Each child transferring who is on the SEND register will have a pupil passport created. This is a side of A4 that shares basic details of the pupil, their strengths, learning targets and strategies that staff should be using when they teach the pupil. These will be disseminated to staff in time for planning their lessons in September. 

A plan for support will be created to ensure that pupils have targeted support in the correct areas of the curriculum to support them in their learning.

Provisions and personalised learning plans will be created so pupils that require it have a plan for targeted provision that weaves into their timetable without encroaching on their learning time in the classroom with their peers.

Extra Transition Days

Where possible we will organise additional transition days for pupils with particular SEND needs. Letters via email  will be sent to parents to organise this.

What happens in September?

Our team is heavily involved in transition. There will be a SEND Learning Mentor assigned to each tutor group to support the students in September. During this time the SEND Learning Mentors will feed back to the Director of SEND about the pupils they support so that support and plans can be adapted and amended accordingly. 

Mrs Gammons

Director of SEND