Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

What are Special Educational

Needs and Disabilities (SEND)?

A Special Educational Need and is a difficulty or barrier that affects a child's ability to learn and to access the curriculum. A Disability is a long term health condition which causes a difficulty or barrier to learn or to access the curriculum. We are committed to meeting the educational needs of all our pupils and recognise that some of our children will need additional support.

If you have any further concerns regarding SEND, this Government document will offer further reading:

SEND Guide for Parents

Information Report and

School Offer

Below, is our personalised Information Report and Our School Offer that outlines the support the school and Federation provides for children with additional needs and disabilities. Please have a read and contact the class teacher or SEND team should you wish to discuss this further.

Information Report and School Offer 2024

For further guidance of support on offer in Lincolnshire, and our local area, we are fortunate to have access to the Family Support Directory, or Lincolnshire Local Offer. There is a wealth of resources from charities and agencies to support with specific needs. There are networking opportunities as well as links to groups and clubs. If you need any support in accessing further support for the family or home search here. We are more than happy to meet to share this fantastic resource should you wish. Follow this link:

Lincolnshire Local Offer

We follow the Graduated Approach following an assess-plan-do-review cycle. Teachers regularly undertake assessments both formative and summative to review progress. Where concerns lie, interventions and boosters happen to fill the gaps or support the barriers. Your child's class teacher may then get in touch to discuss steps of progress and share their ideas for next steps.

Following on from reading the Information Report and School Offer, if you have concerns over your child's development, take a look at this flowchart to discover the next steps you could take.

Parental Concerns Flowchart

If you have any concerns or complaints about the support the school provides with regards to SEND, please refer to the school's complaints policy in our policy section.

Who are the SEND team?

Mrs Harper and Mrs Mackey lead SEND across the Grace Federation, where they work closely with the Class Teachers in monitoring progress of learners. They offer support to Teachers in suggesting strategies and intervention Programmes that could support the gaps in learning. They offer regular observations to see the barriers to learning and offer support there too.

Mrs Whitworth is one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads and Learning Mentor trained to support children through Emotional Literacy Support (ELSA). She also families through Early Help Assessment (EHA) and Team around the Child (TAC) with liaising with other professionals.

If you need to contact them, you can email them direct using the email address:

sendco@gracefederation.co.uk or

telephone: 01476 870649 (Denton) / 01476 561077 (Harlaxton)

Mrs. Harper Mrs. Mackey Mrs. Whitworth

SENDCo SENDCoAssistant Learning Mentor

Parent Coffee Morning

Thank you to those that came along on Friday 18th October for a 'Coffee and a Chat'. It was great to see you and share any concerns, worries and transitions to secondary. Keep your eyes peeled for the next gathering, next term where we will have a visiting speaker offering further guidance.

Parent Workshop

-*- Save the date - Friday 10th January -*-

Soon we will be sharing information for our next parent workshop supporting families with understanding and supporting neurodiversity, focussing on the barriers and needs surrounding ADHD. We will welcome you to our federated school, Harlaxton as they have hall space to host! Here we will have the opportunity to listen to and engage in discussions with a visiting speaker from Lincolnshire Behaviour Outreach (BOSS). There will be time to share with fellow parents, the SEND team and the visiting speaker to seek further guidance.

We will open up this opportunity to the further community, so if you have any family or friends that may also be interested, they are also welcome to join in.

Parent Workshop - The Working Together Team

See links for PowerPoint and guidance support from the Working Together Team.

Link to Online Training from The Working Together Team

TWTT Emotional Understanding - PowerPoint

Internet Matters

Internet Matters have a great range of guides and advice hubs available for parents of neurodivergent children including connecting and sharing online, online gaming and more. Follow the link below for further support.