St Martin's Cof E Primary is a fully inclusive school. We work hard to meet the needs of all of our pupils. The following documents will give you more information in relation to SEND and how school and home can support children.

If you have any concerns or wish to discuss SEND at our school, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Hunt via the school main office- office@st-martins.sandwell.sch.uk.

What to do if you are concerned your child has SEND?

The Children and Families Act 2014  says that a child or young person has special educational needs (SEN) if he or she has a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for him or her.

A child or young person with SEN may find it harder to learn than other children of the same age. Special educational needs may include:

• Behavioural or social, for example difficulty making friends or self regulating
• difficulties learning or retaining information
• Concentrating, for example attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• A medical condition which affects learning
• A sensory or physical need which affects them in school, for example being blind or deaf

If you think your child has SEND that requires extra support, then contact the class teacher in the first instance. Here at St Martin's we are committed to ensuring every child fulfils their true potential and staff will look at things that can be done to support you or your child.

Assessments

Children will be assessed against the curriculum they are currently working towards. For example, if a year 5 pupil is currently working towards year 2 age related expectations, they will be assessed as either a 2WTS (working towards) or  a 2EXS (expected)

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Some children are not yet ready to access the National Curriculum and are working on Sandwell Skills Ladders. These are documents created by a team of professionals within Sandwell that allow us to track smaller steps of progress and ensure that children's work and support is tailored in school to help them close gaps in learning and prepare them for the national curriculum.

The Skills Ladders are broken down into:

Early Reading-Building Concepts

Early Reading 1

Early Reading 2

Early Reading 3

Early Writing-Building Concepts

Early Writing-1

Early Writing-2

Early Writing-3

Early Maths- Building Concepts

Early Maths-1

Early Maths-2

Early Maths-3

These documents have a wide range of statements that build and develop upon children's prior learning and allow us to track whether children are emerging, developing or expected at this skill.

Using these skills ladders allows us to accurately assess children and ensure that progress is continuously built upon.

Some children may not be able to access the reading, writing and maths elements of school and therefore may be working on The Engagement Model. This allows staff to build upon communication skills and levels of focus, interaction and engagement.

Useful Links

Below are a range of links that you may find useful to access. These sites offer support, help and advice to families, children and young people with SEND.