Ms Palmer is our SENDCo and has responsibility for SEND within Foley Park. Ms Palmer is part of the Senior Leadership team and this means that we regularly discuss SEND issues in Senior Leadership Team meetings. We keep support for children with SEND under constant review.

Ms Palmer keeps a register of children we identify as having a Special Educational Need or Disability and monitors this regularly to ensure it is up to date.  She also keeps a record of the provision of all the different ways that we provide extra support (for example: support for reading/ maths/ writing, intervention for communication difficulties and Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs) for children with SEND.

We carefully monitor the progress and well-being of children with SEND and the quality of our provision, including teaching and support. Senior leaders observe lessons, interventions and hold discussions with teachers and support staff. 

If something is not working well, we change and improve our provision. We make sure that support is well matched to a child’s needs. We also make sure that the provision is well researched, evidence-based and effective.

The Academy Councillor for SEND, Micaila Price, challenges us to make sure we constantly improve the quality of provision for children with SEND and the outcomes that they achieve. She does this during Academy Council meetings and when she visits Foley Park to observe our practice. We have parents/carers on the Academy Council and one of their roles is to represent the views and concerns of all parents, including those with children with SEND.