SEND

SEND At Clapgate

Adults have the highest ambition for every pupil, including pupils with special
educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
” Ofsted July 24

Our SENDCo is Mrs Lawton. Mrs Lawton has taught at Clapgate since January 2019 and has previous experience of working as a SENDCo at a different Leeds school. She works with our HLTA (Mrs Watson) and a team of teaching assistants to support children with SEND to thrive and make good progress.

Mrs Lawton can be contacted by calling the school office: 0113 2716700 or via email:  lawtons@clapgateprimaryschool.org

SEND Policy and Information Report

Our SEND Policy and Information Report details how we support and make provision for children with Special Educational Needs and explains the roles and responsibilities of everyone involved in providing for children with SEND. 

Accessibility Plan

Our Accessibility Plan sets out how we plan to increase the extent to which disabled pupils can participate in the curriculum, improve the physical environment and accessibility of information to ensure all stakeholders can take advantage of the education, benefits, facilities and services provided. 

SEND Policies & DocumentsDownload
Accessibility plan Jun 23-26Download
Clapgate Primary School SEN Policy 2023Download
Clapgate Primary SEN Information Report 2023Download

An Ethos of Equity and Inclusion

Clapgate Primary School’s approach to SEND provision is underpinned by an understanding that all children are individual and require support unique to them and their needs. All staff in school are teachers of children with SEND and work closely with the SENDCO to ensure that children are given the right support for them to access their learning, with the ultimate goal being to remove the barriers that prevent children from reaching their potential.

Around school you will see this poster.

SEND Provision

At Clapgate Primary School we offer a range of supports to enable all children to make progress. This begins in the classroom with Quality First Teaching, scaffolds to support independent learning, a multi-sensory approach and a structured TA training programme to ensure that all staff are skilled and well prepared for their role.

We offer a range of evidence based interventions for more targeted support in school, including (but not limited to) SENIT’s Reading Fluency Intervention, NESSY, Phonological Awareness, Alphabet Arc, Precision Teaching and Numicon Breaking Barriers.

We have a Sensory Pathway in school for children who like to unwind using movement and touch at any point during the school day.

External Agency Support

We work with a number of professionals in school to continue to develop both our provision and practice in school to support our children with additional needs.

Services we work with include:

Useful Websites

Useful, fun websites with highly visual games for using with your children to consolidate early skills:

Links to support in Leeds

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