Hinde House School

Hinde House 3-16 School aims to be an educationally inclusive school in which the teaching, learning, achievements, attitudes and well-being of every young person matters. The Inclusion Team has a vital role within the school. In the Primary School, the Team includes a Senior Learning Mentor, Manager of the Learning House, Senior Teaching Assistant... , Head of SEN, Home-School Worker, Attendance Worker and Teaching Assistants based in year groups and leading interventions. In the Secondary School, the Team includes a Senior Learning Mentor, four Mentors, Manager of the Learning Centre, Higher Level Teaching Assistant, Head of SEN/Interventions, Attendance Workers and Teaching Assistants who work primarily with core subjects and lead interventions. Effective support for pupils develops from parents/carers and staff in school working in partnership through structured conversations, meetings, regular contact by phone and home visits. Children/young people and their parents/carers need to be involved in planning and making decisions about their education. Regular meetings are held with parents/carers of children/young people with SEND and Looked-After Children - with external agencies as appropriate - and including Annual Reviews for pupils with SEND. Links with outside agencies such as Learning Support, Health Visitor, Speech and Language Therapy, Hearing Service, Visual Service, MAST, CAMHS and Educational Psychologist are strong. There is partnership working with other schools - both mainstream and special schools. The Inclusion Team in the Primary School works closely with the Team in the Secondary School and one Deputy Head leads the whole team. The Team is valued by pupils, staff and parents/carers. It is a strong, reflective Team which benefits from the links between the Primary and Secondary School. External views of the Team and its work have always been very positive. The most recent Ofsted Report stated: "The care, guidance and support for pupils across the school are good and the overwhelming majority of ...Read More