Special Educational Needs & Disability
Our Inclusion Manager is Mrs Anoushka Clarkson. She can be contacted via the school office on 01926 423404.
Our Inclusion Manager is Mrs Anoushka Clarkson. She can be contacted via the school office on 01926 423404.
We were pleasantly surprised and delighted to win an award at Warwickshire’s Early Help Summit this year.
“Clapham Terrace are a school who exemplify an inclusive approach. They have been on the forefront of the developments of the WCC Inclusion Charter and leading other schools to embrace and celebrate inclusion across the local schools. They welcome and value all children into their school and go over and beyond to ensure they identify need, assess need and meet need.”
This is fantastic recognition of all the work our school is doing to support all our families and it was an honour to have this celebrated in front of so many people.
On Monday we were introduced to a story about a boy named Billy who had lots of worries. His grandma gave him worry dolls that he could tell the worries to. Now we have our own worry toys! If pupils are worried, they can write it on a piece of paper and put it in their mouth or pocket. Our worry toys are called: Year 1: Nelli, Year 2: Fudge, Year 3: Bruce, Year 4: Colin, Year 5: Zippy with weird, green pants and Year 6: Nacho Kat!
Our SEND Information Report offers information for parents in a single place, helping them to understand what services they and their family can expect from a range of local agencies – including their statutory entitlements.
The changes in the Children and Families Bill affect the way children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) are supported in schools. The new approach began in September 2014 and places pupils at the centre of planning. The key principles of the new legislation are:-
The Children and Families Bill became enacted in 2014. From this date, Local Authorities and schools are required to publish and keep under review information about services they expect to be available for the children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) aged 0-25. This is the ‘Local Offer’.
The intention of the Local Offer is to improve choice and transparency for families. It will also be an important resource for parents in understanding the range of services and provision in the local area. As such, our school produces an updated annual SEND report that incorporates the requirements of the Local Offer.
At Clapham Terrace Community Primary School and Nursery we are committed to working together with all members of our school community.
Most children with SEND will be educated in their local mainstream school.
Admission to mainstream schools is through the usual school admissions process.
The SEND code of practice states that parents may request a place at a particular school. It sets out the rights of parents and the responsibilities of schools and local councils.
Any complaint from a parent of children with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) about the school’s support should first be made to the class teacher / SENCO / Headteacher; they will then be referred to the complaints policy. The SEND policy and Report include information about the rights of parents of pupils with disabilities who believe that school has discriminated against their child.
Clapham Terrace received the Inclusive School Award from the Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) in June 2017 and again in September 2021.
‘Parents have confidence in the school and Senior Leaders that their pupils will be nurtured, supported, and enabled to grow and develop.’
Inclusion Mark Report September 2021
View our video on successful inclusion strategies at Clapham:
In June 2021, Clapham Terrace was awarded a Gold Mark in EAL (English as an Additional Language). The award looks at Leadership, Teaching/Learning/Assessment and working with the community. Our school prides itself in the diversity of its pupil and families and the number of languages that our pupils can speak in addition to English.
To view the report, click here.
Here’s a taster of some of the intervention groups that we run at Clapham Terrace:
We are learning about the properties of circles and triangles. We used our 2D flat shapes to create pictures with our partners!
