At Sandbank and Valley Nursery Schools Federation we celebrate individual difference and foster values of mutual respect preparing children for the diverse world in which we live and helping them reach their goals within it. We have high expectations for all of our children, wanting them to achieve to their potential and celebrating the small steps they make on their journey.

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Some of our children may require more support than Ordinarily Available Provision and the SENCO Liz Sledge works closely with teachers, Parents/Carers and outside agencies to support our children with special educational needs or disabilities.

 

• When pupils have an identified special educational need or disability before they join our school, we work very closely with the people who already know them including parents and use the information already available to identify what possible barriers to learning may be within our school setting and to help us plan appropriate support strategies.

• If parents believe that their child has a special educational need we will discuss this with them and assess their child accordingly. Often these assessments will be carried out by school though we will sometimes request advice from more specialised services such as Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, EY SEN Specialist Inclusion Support Team and North Star Inclusion Advisory Team. We will work with parents and in consultation, plan the next steps to best support their child.

• If teachers feel that a child has a special educational need, this may be because they are not making the same progress as other pupils. We believe that early identification and intervention is best to help your child achieve success. This will help us to identify the child’s need and plan strategies to support their learning. If school has become concerned about a child, parents will be contacted by the child’s key worker in the first instance and /or the school’s Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENDCO) Liz Sledge and their thoughts and opinions will be sought to best plan the next steps.​

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The external agencies in the Local Authority that we work with are:

• Educational Psychology

• EY SEN Specialist Inclusion Support Team

• Speech & Language Team.

• Occupational Therapy Team.

• Visual Impairment service

• Hearing Impairment service

• Community Paediatricians

• Health Visitors

• School Health Team

• Receiving primary schools

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Our school provision map outlines the strategies and teaching support that is available to ensure all children can make progress.

Even the smallest concern is important to us, you can discuss any concerns with your child’s class teacher, the school SENDCO (Liz Sledge) or the school Family Support Lead.

To get in touch with the school SENDCO, please email postbox@valley.walsall.sch.uk / postbox@sandbank.walsall.sch.uk

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Links

For more information, please click on the links below

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            SEND Policy

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            SEND Information Report

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            Walsall Local Offer

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            SENDIASS