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SEND

What is SEND?

A child or young person has a Special Educational Need if they have significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age, or has a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age.

There are four broad areas of need:

Communication & Interaction (CI)

This includes Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN).

Cognition & Learning (Cog/L)

This includes Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD) and Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD), such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia.

Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)

This includes Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Sensory and/or Physical Needs

This includes children who are Hearing Impaired (HI), or Visually Impaired VI, and children with a Physical Disability (PD).

 

SENDCo and Pastoral Team

Interim AHT and SENDCo: Miss Parry 

You can contact her via the school office (0151 652 8498).

Headteacher: Mrs Durham 

PSHCE Lead: Mrs Buckley

Pastoral Team: Mrs L Keenan, Mrs Stout and Mrs Jump

 

SEND at Townfield Primary School

Townfield Primary School is a mainstream school, but we are able to accommodate children with a wide range of additional needs. We aim to ensure that EACH AND EVERY CHILD is included and is able to access the same curriculum and enjoy the same learning opportunities. Townfield Primary School strongly believes that the key to supporting disabled pupils and pupils with special educational needs is through high-quality teaching with additional interventions, modifications or amendments used where appropriate to remove barriers to learning and ensure that good progress is made.

Interventions

At Townfield, we provide a range of Wave 1,2 and 3 interventions to support individuals or groups of children. Interventions are adapted to meet the needs of all children. 

Our Wave 2 Interventions include:

  • Pastoral support
  • RWI 1:1 tutoring and Fresh Start tutoring
  • Speech and Language interventions, including 1:1 sessions and WellComm.
  • Bucket Therapy
  • Sensory Circuits
  • Social stories

Our Wave 3 Interventions include:

  • MHST support
  • Orrets Meadow