SEND - Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
BackSpecial Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)
Our SENDCo is: Ms L Marchant
Contact Email: Connect@smcc.devon.sch.uk
South Molton Community College prides itself on its ability to offer and successfully deliver a full curriculum that is inclusive to all children, irrespective of need.
What does Inclusion mean?
Inclusion is a universal human right. The aim of inclusion is to embrace all people irrespective of race, gender, disability, medical or other needs. It is about giving equal access and opportunities and getting rid of discrimination and intolerance. In education 'inclusion' describes the right of parents and children to access mainstream education alongside their peers. Inclusion is about providing equal opportunities for all children.
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) can affect a child or young person’s ability to learn. They can affect:
- Behaviour or ability to socialise
- Reading and writing
- Ability to understand things
- Concentration levels
- Physical ability
We have a wide range of resources and strategies which allow students with difficulties to access the curriculum as fully as possible, and achieve their full potential. We strive to make the school experience happy, fulfilling, and rewarding for all students
Our SEND team run the Access To Learning (A2L) facility which offers in-class support to pupils with additional needs to ensure they can progress in their curriculum lessons. The additional needs of most students can be supported by Quality First Teaching within curriculum lessons, using Ordinarily Available Inclusive Provision, OAIP. Barriers to learning are identified and appropriate adjustments made. Where appropriate, students are taught specific skills in short term intervention groups; sessions include support for reading, spelling, SLCN, social skills and numeracy. Students are also supported in Homework clubs and Morning Welcome. All students on the Additional Needs Register are monitored and all students with an Educational Health Care Plan, EHCP, are allocated a Key Worker who will organise Annual Review information from teachers and be the main contact for parent carer and families.
The school maintains very close working relationships with children, staff, parents, and other agencies. Indeed, partnership with parents is of the utmost importance. We encourage parents to discuss progress regularly with class teachers, tutors, Head of Year and with our special educational needs coordinator. The school is proud of its ability to support children with a variety of special needs and has taken steps to ensure that all children are treated equally. As a result, the school is suitably equipped to deal with a wide range of individual needs. The school and the governing body regularly review its provision for children with special needs and ensure that its staff are well prepared and trained.
If you would like to discuss any issue regarding your child or special educational needs, please speak to our SENDCo, Ms Marchant, who will be happy to provide both information and support.
Please use the A2L administration email for all enquiries: Connect@smcc.devon.sch.uk
SEND Information Report 2024-25
Other Useful Links
- The National ADD Information and Support Service
- The Dyspraxia Foundation
- National Autistic Society
- Autism Independent UK
- Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association
- British Dyslexia Association
- Made by Dyslexia
- Dyslexia-friendly Books
- Specsavers Visual Stress Testing
- Visual Stress & Colorimetry | Haine & Smith Opticians
- Memory Games
- BBC Memory Games
- National Autistic Society
- The British Epilepsy Association
- Royal Institute for the Blind
- Royal National Institute for Deaf People
- OCD UK
