The SEND Department is made up of a Specialist Team with various roles and responsibilities:

Head of SEND: Mr D Faure

Lead LSA: Mrs D Munro - Teaching Access, 7T, Linked to Science and attached to Yr 8

SEND Teacher: Mrs M Tye - Teaching small groups, 7T and linked to Photography and attached toYr 9

Senior LSA : Mrs B Nandrha - Numeracy Centre and attached to Yr 11

Senior LSA : Ms S Demetrius - Literacy Centre and attached to Yr 10

Name	Position link	Year group link
Aysha Uddin	LSA	Yr 7
Connie Scott	LSA	Yr 10
Danielle Joscelyne	LSA	Yr 11
Falak Riaz	LSA	Yr 9
Dawn Shoesmith	LSA
Karen Marston	LSA	Yr 10
Raj Khela	LSA	Yr 11
Raz Mumtaz	LSA	Yr 7
Rebecca Hickford	LSA	Yr 8
Sam Eduawor	LSA	Y11
Vijay Sidhar	LSA	Y8
Zabun (Zeb) Nassar	LSA	Y8

The SEND Office is based near the Learning Resource Centre
Tel.Ex.1041
Numeracy Room G18

Literacy
Room G19

Reading Recovery G18, 19 and 6th Form Library


The SENCO

The SENCO, in collaboration with the headteacher and governing body, plays a key role in determining the strategic development of the SEND policy and provision in the school in order to raise the achievement of children with SEND. The key responsibilities of the SENCO include:

• Overseeing the day to day operation of the school’s SEND policy
• Liaising with and advising fellow teachers
• Managing the SEND team of teachers and learning support assistants
• Coordinating the provision for students with special educational needs
• Overseeing the records on all students with special educational needs
• Liaising with parents of students with special educational needs
• Contributing to the in-service training of staff
• Liaison with the EAL Department
• Liaising with external agencies
• Initiating all P.S.P. reports
• Monitoring the progress of all new initiatives / interventions


Role of the Lead LSA

The Lead LSA has responsibility to manage the LSA team through the SENCO as follows

To provide leadership and maintain the LSA team

• Organise and deliver LSA induction
• Be the first point of contact for LSA’s
• Lead and develop good practice at LSA team meetings
• Provide consultation for giving and receiving LSA feedback
• Help to develop and monitor new initiatives with LSA’s and students
• Identify need
• Plan interventions
• Monitor outcomes
• Liaise with the SENCO

To make sure the LSA team is educationally effective

• Promote and monitor quality assurance of LSA interventions
• Know and organise resources available for interventions and promote their use by LSA’s
• Monitor attendance, punctuality and record keeping of LSA’s
• Promote self review and peer observation following guidance from the SENCO
• Help to plan and monitor the effective deployment of LSA’s

Role of the Senior LSA’s Math’s & English

• Senior LSA’s deliver intervention’s to pupils through individual support, small groups and classes. They are responsible for teaching and learning with guidance from the Head’s of Curriculum, the SENCO and the Lead LSA. They monitor progress of students and report regularly, ensuring that individual students receive the level of differentiation required for them to access the subject. Their role also includes those detailed within the role of the learning Support Assistant

Role of the Learning Support Assistant

Learning support assistants make a valuable contribution to the achievements of students. They may attend a student’s care needs but a high proportion of their role is educational. The key responsibilities of the LSA include:

Support for Students:

• To provide in class, small group or individual support
• To offer help, as appropriate, to any student experiencing difficulties
• To praise, encourage and develop positive relationships
• To foster the participation of students in the social and academic processes of the school
• To enable students to become more independent learners
• To help raise the standards and achievement for all students

Support Teachers:

• To help develop effective collaborative working practice within the Learning Support Department, curriculum departments and/or year groups
• To assist in the production of teaching and learning materials for students with SEND
• To collect and disseminate information about students
• To assist in the development and implementation of appropriate systems for recording progress of students with SEND
• To assist in the management of the whole class
• To assist with display work
• To provide regular feedback to the SENCO

Support for the School:

• To foster home school liaison for students with SEND
• To contribute to review procedures for students with SEND
• To liaise with staff and other relevant professionals and provide information about students as appropriate
• To contribute to the evaluation of the school’s SEND policy and practice by discussions with relevant staff
• To attend appropriate in-service training provided by school or LEA
• To be aware of and follow school policies and procedures
• To participate in educational visits
• To attend meetings required for information, planning and development
• To respect confidentiality at all times

Role of the External Agency Staff at LSST

Little Heath Outreach Teacher

Little Heath School is a Foundation Special Secondary School for students with general learning difficulties and other more complex needs such as Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome and ADHD. Some students have speech and communication difficulties. The Little Heath Outreach Teacher supports students with Statements of Special Educational Need at LSST.

The New Rush Hall Outreach Teacher

The New Rush Hall Outreach Service aims to provide a comprehensive service that will enable mainstream schools to meet the needs of students with BESD. This is accomplished through support for teachers and students in the context of the whole school, thus minimising the need for placement in a special school.

The New Rush Hall Outreach Teacher supports referred students at School Action Plus or with a Statement of Special Educational Need at LSST.

Educational Psychologist

The Educational Psychology Service works with schools, families and others in the care of children and young people who experience educational difficulties.

The school’s Educational Psychologist (EP) visits the school for 20 hours per term. The EP completes assessments of students raised at year based ‘Year Team Meeting’ and liaises with the SENCO.

Connexions Careers Management Futures

Connexions Futures in Redbridge helps young people from Year 9 in school, through transition planning until they are settled in education, employment or training.

Speech and Language Therapy Service

This service monitors the progress of referred students and provides support programmes for school staff and parents to follow.

Caterham Hearing Impaired Outreach Service

This service monitors and supports the needs of secondary aged students with hearing impairment within the mainstream setting.

Special Education Resource Centre

This Centre, based at Newbridge School, Barley Lane Campus, provides advice and support in the use of information and communication technology with students who have special educational needs.

The Centre provides:

• Assessment of the ICT needs of individual students
• Training for teachers and support staff who work with students with SEND
• Support and advice to parents of children with SEND

Aims and Ethos

At Loxford School of Science and Technology we value all students equally. Our guiding principle is one of Inclusion. We want to identify and break down possible barriers to learning.

The aim of Loxford"s S.E.N policy is to develop a system of support, which enables students with special educational needs to make the greatest possible progress. The support systems are based on comprehensive whole school systems of monitoring, assessment and intervention.

Objectives in making provision for pupils with SEND

• To ensure that all students including those with difficulties and disabilities have equal access to a broad, balanced curriculum which is differentiated to identify individual needs and abilities.

• To ensure that all teachers are aware it is their responsibility to meet the special educational needs of students. In this they can draw on the resources of the whole school.

• To ensure that every student has his or her particular needs recognised and addressed.

• To seek the views of the student and involve him/her in the process of support.

• To offer the high quality support to ensure that all student needs are met.

• To fully involve parents/carers in the process of provision for the student.

• To acknowledge and draw on parental knowledge and expertise in relation to their child.

• To ensure the aims of education for students with difficulties and disabilities are the same as those for all students.

• To maximise the opportunities for students with special educational needs to participate in all the activities of the school.

• To enable all students to experience success.

• To ensure that consideration of SEND crosses all curriculum areas and all aspect of teaching and learning.

• To ensure that all teachers encompass the good special needs practice which is beneficial for all students.

• To ensure awareness amongst staff that any student may encounter difficulties at some stage.

Support for your learning

How can your family help you? 

•   Help your child to organise herself / himself.
•   Ask your child to keep books in one place at home.
•   Pack your childs bag for school with her/him until this can be done independently, do this in the evening if possible.
•   Ask your child how the day at school went.
•   Ask them to show you some work and give them praise for what has been achieved.
•   If possible work with your child at home.
•   Encourage your child to give regular time to homework and look at her/his homework diary at least once a week.
•   Contact the school if you have any concerns about your child is getting on.
•   Listen to your child read and help them to understand key words in different subjects and to learn their times tables.
•   Give plenty of praise and encouragement.

Websites to help students: http://dictionary.reference.com/ www.askability.org.uk
www.helpkidzlearn.com
www.poissonrouge.com
www.ziptales.com