SEND Staff
SENCo - The Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator- Ali Brown (Currently in transition from - Steve Bolsover- Deputy Head - who is also the schools safeguarding Lead)
- Our SENCO Ali Brown is also an Associate Assistant Headteacher and has an important role to undertake with our Senior Leadership Team, head teacher - Mr Jassa Panesar - and the governing body, in determining the strategic development of SEND policy and provision in the school. Her overview on all SEND issues includes a delivery of rigorous and regular training for teachers and staff which enables everyone working at Campion school can be SEND aware and able to work knowledgably and confidently with SEND pupils.
- This also means that all members of staff working with your child in school cab be made aware of their individual needs and /or conditions and what specific adjustments need to be made to enable them to be included and make progress.
- Oversee the work of the SEND Manager who ensures that all staff working with your child in school are supported in delivering the planned work / programme for your child, so they can achieve the best possible progress. This may involve the use of additional adults, outside specialist help and specially planned work and resources.
- Ensuring that the SEND Policy is rigorous and thorough in approach and ambition and is adhered to so that all pupils are receive a consistent and high quality response to meeting their needs in school.
SEND Governor Fergus Durrant
Responsible for:
- Ensuring that the school has an up-to-date SEND Policy. Ensuring that the school has appropriate provision and has made necessary adaptations to meet the needs of all children in the school.
- Ensuring that the necessary support is made for any pupil who attends the school who has SEND.
The SEND Manager – Access Department – Ali Brown
- Ali Brown strategically manages and oversees all areas of the Access department (SEND Dept). She is directly responsible for the following;
- Ensuring a strong and cohesive partnership between Teachers, our outside specialist professional team and the Access department takes place to provide a high-quality service which meets the individual and group needs of our SEND pupils across all areas. This includes cognition and learning, social emotional and mental health needs, sensory and communication conditions and physical impairments through a variety of group and individual interventions and strategies.
- Ensuring that the Governing Body is kept up to date about any issues in the school relating to SEND.
- Coordination of the Core Skills programme ensuring that quality of teaching and learning in small group interventions takes place and additional TA support for SEND pupils in lessons is delivered in accordance to statutory guidance and in line with the school policy.
- For those pupils with an EHCP, liaising and meeting with SENDAR and parents/carers to plan provision and monitor progress.
Other Access Department staff and their roles;
Access Department | |
Mrs Joanne Moore.
| The Access Co-ordinator – Manages the day to day running of the Learning Support Centre including the pupil referral process and subsequent planning. Ensures that the needs of those pupils on the SEND register are met on a day to day basis including liaising with Teachers, professionals and parent / carers. Works closely with the pastoral and safeguarding team to ensure inclusive quality of care for SEND pupils. The day to day line management of our Teaching Assistants. Working in collaboration with our Exam Team to facilitate testing and implementation of Access Arrangements for those SEND pupils who qualify. |
Vacancy Advertising for replacement | SEND Family Engagement Assistant. Works directly with SEND families and pupils, HLL’s and the SEND department when there are attendance difficulties. She works with families to explore solutions that support learning and social emotional & mental health to bring about a positive outcome. |
Teaching Support Assistants Team. | |
Lisa Probert -
| Yr 7 Lead & Primary Transition KS3 Exam Team. Primary Transition team – |
Ellie Hilliard | Yr 7 TA KS3 Exam Team. Primary Transition team – |
Vacancy Interviewing for replacement | Yr 8 Teaching Assistant KS3 Exam Team |
Rose Suganthy | Yr 9 Teaching Assistant KS4 Exam Team |
Gursharon Cheema | Yr 10 Teaching Assistant KS4 Exam Team |
Yvonne Beasley | Yr 11 Teaching Assistant KS4 Exam Team |
Simran Dhaliwal
| Yr 12 Teaching Assistant. (Timetabled Yr 12 mentoring sessions) |
Ruby Broad | Supervision of Learning Support Centre Wk 1 Tue / Wed Wk 2 Wed / Thu |
Carmen Bowen Hunt | Supervision of Learning Support Centre Mon |
Eligia Martin | Supervision of Learning Support Centre. Mon - Thu |
Heather Davies | Supervision of Learning Support Centre |
Core Skills Team | |
April Mucklow | Manager of Core Skills Intervention programme. Day to day line management of Core Skills TA’s Monitor and ensure quality of teaching and learning takes place within Core Skills lessons. Ensure the quality and suitability of resources to engage pupils of all abilities and ages. |
Parminder Bhatti | Core Skills Tutor
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Shubha Sonawane | Core Skills Tutor
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Nicky McCloud | Access Administrator. Nicky also contacts parents / carers of those pupils with an ECHP to arrange Annual Review mtgs. |
SEND Exam Team | |
Alison Brown | Subject Leader – ICT Exams Administrator for Access Arrangements Alison Brown ensures that the school is able to deliver high quality SEND provision for exam access arrangements in accordance to statutory guidance and in line with the school policies.
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Christine Heath | Exams Officer. |
Dani McGarry | SEND Assistant Exams officer Coordinating and facilitating the Access Arrangements for those pupils who have qualified. |
The Access Team is a very valued and important part of Campion School.
Our Teaching Assistants work in lessons support in the following ways.
- Work with teachers in the classroom to support learning and assist pupils to access the curriculum.
- Support the implementation of differentiation and specialist support strategies in the classroom.
- Work with the SEND Manager, Access Coordinator and class teachers to identify areas of support for pupils with SEND.
- Delivery of some specific SEND programmes e.g Speech and Language Therapy practise and delivery of timetabled Tutor time small group intervention programmes to improve literacy, numeracy, spelling and social skills.
- Provide keyworker support for a small number of pupils by monitoring and encouraging good progress and well-being.