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: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-guide-for-parents-and-carers

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.

Denton and Harlaxton Schools Information Report and School Offer 2021

For further guidance of support on offer in our local area, search the Family Support Directory, or Lincolnshire Local Offer following this link:

Lincolnshire Local Offer

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.

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.

Parental Concerns Flowchart

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 and families through Emotional Literacy Support (ELSA) and 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: 01476870649 / 01476561077

Mrs. Harper Mrs. Mackey Mrs. Whitworth

SENDCo SENDCoAssistant Learning Mentor

Parent Workshop / Coffee Morning

Dates for your diary...

We would like to invite you into school to join us in an informal way to discuss needs. We plan to hold a workshop / training and discuss strategies and support that we can offer at both school and home. Should you find these workshop sessions relevant to your child's and families needs, please let us know and we can ensure sufficient facilities are provided. We also will provide cake!