SEND

Executive Headteacher: Mrs J Hygate

headteacher @kingsdown-ringwould.kent.sch.uk

SENCO: Mrs Stacey Mitchell
senco@kingsdown-ringwould.kent.sch.uk

Please contact one of the team if you have any queries.

WHAT IS THE SEND LOCAL OFFER?

https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/special-educational-needs

Every local authority must publish a Local Offer. The SEND Local Offer tells you what support is available for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities, and their families. It should include information about education, health and care provision. It should also tell you about training, employment and independent living for young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

WHAT ARE THE MAINSTREAM CORE STANDARDS?

High quality teaching, differentiated for individual pupils is the first step in responding to pupils who have or may have SEN. The Mainstream Core Standards are a suite of documents that informs and steers our SEN practice.

The Mainstream Core Standards reflect the 4 broad areas of need;

Communication and Interaction

Cognition and Learning

Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties

Sensory and/or Physical Needs

The documents below are intended to ensure the most appropriate intervention for an individual so that they can make progress both in their well-being and attainment at school, and to evidence our best endeavours.

Speech and Language at Kingsdown and Ringwould CEP School:

Our school works to support speech, language and communication with support from our NHS link speech & language therapist, Alison Piccinini, as well as specialist teachers. Your child may come into contact with specialist teachers within their classroom or around school. The SENCo, Miss Cressey, will have regular meetings with therapists and specialist teachers to discuss our school’s provision.

If you have any concerns about your child’s speech, language or communication skills, please speak to your child’s class teacher in the first instance.

If we have discussed a specific concern with you about your child’s speech, language or communication, or you have raised a concern, we will decide together whether to discuss this with our link therapist. You will be kept informed of any plans to support your child.

For more information regarding The Balanced System, please see the link below:

https://pathway.thebalancedsystem.org/parents-and-carers/parents-and-carers-framework/

Some useful websites for parents to support Speech and Language:

https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/

https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/tips-talking-your-baby-and-young-child/

https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/education

https://www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/parents

https://www.hanen.org/Helpful-Info/Parent-Tips.aspx

Hardship Help for Families in Kent

In recognition of the cost-of-living crisis, please find below a link to a directory of support for families experiencing hardship in these times. This directory of support is produced on behalf of the Local Children’s Partnership Groups (LCPG) to make it easier for families to get the right support, at the right time, and in the right way.

https://sway.office.com/vRtDoRat7BZE7oo2?ref=email

SEND Information Report 2023

Mainstream Core Standards Guide for Parents and Carers

Medical Needs Policy 2023

Dyslexia Policy 2022

Useful SEN Websites