Inclusion, SEN and Mental Health

At Houndsfield, we ensure our values are embedded in everything we do including our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision. As a school, we have high expectations for all children. We ensure that all children access our curriculum. Teachers scaffold learning to support children to achieve the learning in class and use a variety of strategies to support that as required according to the individual child’s needs.

We are very lucky to have lots in place to support inclusion of all children throughout our school and have a fantastic team to help support this.

Inclusion Team

Mrs Noreen Hines, Assistant Headteacher Inclusion	Ms Emine Huseyin, SENCo

Mainstream

In the main school from Saplings Nursery to Year 6, all of our teachers are trained to support a wide range of children with needs. All staff have recently been ELKLAN trained which means they are trained to support children who have additional speech and language needs. Alongside this we have a wide range of training to support children with a wide range of needs including English as an additional language. This means lessons and learning are adapted to support as many children’s needs as possible.

For children who require additional support in Key Stage 2, we run additional fast track reading, writing and maths groups with the aim of accelerating children’s progress and ensuring the learning is pitched at where the child is working developmentally. These are run every day by our Assistant Headteachers and specialist teachers.

We have a team of specialist LSAs who also run additional interventions. These include:

• Speech and language
• Foundations for learning
• Emotional Learning Support
• Fine and gross motor skills
• Language for behaviour
• Nurturing skills group
• New to English
• Read Write Inc 1-1/group interventions

Specialist Provisions

In Key Stage 1, we have a Nurture Class which is run by a qualified class teacher with support from a teaching assistant. A small group of children attend Nurture every morning and spend the afternoon with their class with the aim of supporting children’s social and emotional needs so that they are developmentally ready for learning. This links with our approach to children’s behaviour and mental health

We have a specialist Speech and Language Provision and Autism Units called Robins Class and Hedgehogs Class

Children’s Nurture and Mental Health Support Team

Miss Sofina Kamall, Nurture Leader	Ms Shantelle Lloyd, Nurture Support Worker	Mrs Kate Roberts, School Counsellor

We are fortunate to have a team to support children’s development and mental health. We do this through our Nurture Support Worker, Mrs Lloyds, who is available every day for children to talk to for support, whether it’s about a difficulty with another child or something that’s happened at home. We also have our Nurture Leader, Miss Kamall.

We are very lucky to also have our own school counsellor. Children are normally referred to work with our counsellor who will firstly speak with parents to get consent and inform families of the work she will be undertaking. Children will see the counsellor over a number of weeks. Parents can also ask to refer their child(ren) to our consellor – please speak to Mrs Hines if you would like more information.

Local Offer

The Children and Families Act 2014 requires Local Authorities to publish a Local Offer of services that are available to support families who have a child or young person with Special Educational Needs and/or a Disability (SEND). The Local Offer provides information, guidance and details of support that are available to families.
Enfield Local Offer: https://new.enfield.gov.uk/services/children-and-education/local-offer/

The following documents set out how we support children and families with special educational needs and disabilities:

SEND Information Report

SEND Policy

Identification cycle

For further information please contact Ms Emine Huseyin, SENCo.

Below are a few useful Links:

Independent Parent Special Education Advice https://www.ipsea.org.uk/

Information and contact details on advice, assessment and support services for children, parents and providers who support them: http://www.enfield.gov.uk/if/