Springwell Community College

Springwell Community College has an inclusive approach to education and it is the responsibility of every member of staff to provide all students with a suitably differentiated curriculum, in order to meet their learning needs, and to provide pastoral support and care for all students, including those with additional needs. We aim to support, chall... enge and empower all students to achieve to the best of their ability. Specific interventions can also be put in place to meet individual needs. These include: Additional small group English 1-1 intervention work Reading programmes such as Lexia, Accelerated reading and Toe by Toe Handwriting, spelling and memory programmes Learning Mentors Teaching Assistant support Placement in the Learning Support centre Positive Support All interventions are tailored to meet individual needs and support provided is not 'one size fits all'. How do we identify students with SEN? Identification of needs for all students begins whilst they are still at primary school. We work closely with our partner primary schools to obtain quality information about all students who are transferring to Springwell. See transition section below. All students are carefully monitored by their teachers to ensure that they make good progress and those who are identified at risk of having SEN, based on the definition given in the Code of Practice, are referred to the Learning Support Manager/SENCO for advice and support. If a student is identified as having SEN, we will make provision that is 'additional to or different from' the normal differentiated provision. This provision may well include some of the provisions listed in the section above.Read More