SEND support
SENDCO – Emma Fawcett
SEND
SEND Stages
SEND Intent at Holbeach Bank Academy
At Holbeach Bank Academy we pride ourselves delivering High Quality Teaching which supports the early identification of pupil’s with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. At HBA we look to extend what is already available to pupils and to further develop an inclusive environment. Early involvement helps to identify the pupils core area of need which provides the foundation to plan a bespoke provision to build upon. This then allows children to have high aspirations and provides them with the scaffolding that they need to achieve.
HBA Accessibility Plan 2024-2027
HBA Children with health needs who cannot attend school Policy
SEND Implementation
Our SEND Information Report outlines how the intent is delivered within school. The information report can be found below alongside the SEND Policy. These documents outline what how we support children to achieve their aspirations.
We deliver these five areas to further support children to reach their goals:
1. Create a positive and supportive environment for all pupils without exception.
2. Build an ongoing, holistic understanding of our pupils and their needs.
3. Ensure all pupils have access to high quality teaching.
4. Complement high quality teaching with carefully selected small-group and one-to-one interventions.
5. Work effectively with teaching assistants.
These areas support the delivery of the SEND Information Report and Policy.
Lincolnshire Family Services Directory & Local Offer
Lincolnshire are very lucky to have a huge Family Service Directory. This is a data base of organisations and businesses who can support children and young people with SEND or help families of those on the pathway. Whether it is an Autism friendly hairdresser or a local activity groups, the Family Services Directory will have all of the information.
The Family Service Directory can be found on the link below. If you are having trouble accessing this please contact a member of the SEN Team at HBA.
The Lincolnshire Higher Needs Strategy can be found on the link below.
https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/support-education/high-needs-strategy-1/1
The Lincolnshire Local Offer can be found at the link below.
Lincolnshire Parent and Carer Forum (LPCF)
This service works for all parents and carers of children with additional needs. This is a charity organisation who can offer impartial advice. They plan a range of events and training sessions for parents.
To find out the latest information and upcoming events follow the link to the LPCF website
New Information
Discover The LPCF Week Of SEND
Liaise Information
Liaise is a service that can support you if your child has an EHCP. They are able to offer advice and be an avicate for you. The video explains more about what they are able to do.
Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS)
Lincolnshire is taking part in a national programme called Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS), which is designed to improve outcomes for neurodiverse pupils with special educational needs and disability (SEND). As part of this Holbeach Primary Academy will be undertaking various training packages and events to further support how we meet the needs of all.
Neurodiversity describes the idea that people experience and interact with the world around them in many different ways, and there is no one “right” way of thinking, learning, and behaving. It is often used in the context of autism spectrum disorder, as well as other neurological or developmental conditions such as ADHD or learning disabilities.
The main objective of the PINS programme is to strengthen the knowledge and skills within mainstream schools to help them better support neurodiverse pupils. This will mean better support for pupils without a diagnosis and less reliance on specialist resources.
In Lincolnshire, the programme shall be led by the autism and learning difficulties service’s Working Together Team in partnership with Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum, whose role is to support, and strengthen where needed, parent and carer relationships in schools.
The team shall work with a maximum of 40 mainstream primary schools, both maintained and academies, with each school receiving the equivalent of five days of support by March 2025. Schools invited to take part in this programme shall be contacted directly.
A self-assessment tool will allow each school to identify their priority areas for support. Schools shall decide on the type, length and content of the assistance required using a nationally-agreed menu of support.
The team will regularly report back to national colleagues on progress and outcomes, helping them to assess the impact the programme is having.
The PINS programme will run from April 2024 to March 2025 and is funded by the Department for Education, supported by the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England.
For any questions relating to this communication please email the Integrated Commissioning Programme Manager.
Regulation Zones at HBA
Through the PINS project we have been gifted some neurodiverse texts. We have put these together to create a neurodiverse library to encourage children to understand their own diversities and to support inclusion and understanding. Within HBA we are trialling a movement break sensory circuit to support concentration.
Working Together Team
The working together team were previously the Autism Outreach service but they are now supporting wider needs under the neurodiversity umbrella.
WTT provide a number of training dates for parents and carers.
Their training calendar can be found at the link below. Booking information can also be found on the link.
Social, Emotional & Mental Health
The area of social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH) includes:
- Social and emotional functioning
- Wellbeing
- The ability to regulate self and behaviour
- Mental health difficulties
The documents below can help to support you to understand this area of SEN Support and give you some ideas to help.
Sensory and Physical
This area of SEN Support includes:
- Hearing or sight impairements
- Physical disabilities
- Medical conditions affecting a certain area of the body
- Sensory Processing difficulties
The websites below could help support with this area of SEN support.
Useful Websites
Useful links for Hearing and Sight impairments – This website will direct you to a range of websites to offer further support
Sense – Charity organisation
Charity organisation
Communication and Interaction
Communication and Interaction Includes:
- Receptive Language
- Difficulty in understanding and processing language
- Expressive Language
- Difficulty with the use of spoken language or nonverbal communication
- Pragmatic/social communication
- Difficulty with social interaction, social cognition, and pragmatics.
- Speech sound difficulty
- Difficulty with phonological skills or articulation skills. The difficulty may not be restricted to one area and may be demonstrated at different levels.
- Autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorders are catagorised within this area of SEN SUpport.