Helping stars to shine brightly

Local Offer for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)

Stamshaw Infant School believes that all pupils should be respected and valued as per our own school values.

We strive hard to ensure that all pupils:

• Have a broad and balanced curriculum which is differentiated to meet individual needs.
• They can learn and make progress according to their individual developmental trends.
• Are assessed using appropriate assessment tools and guidelines
• Have equal access to resources, provision and interventions as needed

Special educational provision is educational or training provision that is additional to or different from that which is ordinarily available to others of the same age. This means provision that goes beyond the differentiated approaches and learning arrangements normally provided as part of high-quality, personalised teaching. It may take the form of additional support from within a setting or require the involvement of specialist staff or support services.

Our school has an Inclusion Leader who is responsible for the management of provision and or support for identified pupils with SEND. They will also coach and support teachers and other staff to enable them to provide appropriate assessment and focused provision for children in their class with identified SEND.

All teachers are teachers of SEND pupils and, as such, provide quality-first teaching which takes account of the particular individual needs of pupils with SEND within the classroom.

Your Schools SENCO: Mrs Tara Wyndham 
twyndham@stamshaw-inf.portsmouth.sch.uk