SEND
RHSC SEND Information Report 24-25 Update Feb 25
SEND Policy
SEND Provision at RHSC
SENDCo – Mr Henry Gray
Deputy SENDCo – Mr Paul Atkins
Assistant SENDCo – Mr David Lloyd
Our SEND team is overseen and managed by the SENDCo, Mr Henry Gray, and the Deputy SENDCo, Mr Paul Atkins. They are supported by Mr David Lloyd, the Assistant SENDCo.
SEND support at RHSC is built around a mainstream system, with our goal being to enhance quality first teaching. Each learner on the SEND register, whether under SEND support or with an Education and Health Care Plans (EHCPs), has a bespoke learning plan written by the team. The aim of these learning plans is to fully inform teaching staff of barriers to learning, as well as key strategies to support the learner to overcome these within lessons. These are accessed by teachers using our Provision Map software, and therefore it is the responsibility of teachers to implement these strategies within their lesson delivery. Learning plans are reviewed as and when learner need changes, or provision required changes.
Due to the increasing number of learners on our SEND register with EHCPs, the majority of our LSA support targets groups of learners within lessons, rather than one to one intervention out of lessons. Our LSAs aim to promote learner independence, and prevent over reliance on one adult.
Moving forward, our team aims to have individuals trained to deliver targeted, time limited interventions based around the four broad areas of SEND need: Cognition and Learning, Communication and Interaction, Social Emotional and Mental Health, Sensory and Physical.
The department encourages pupils to make use of technology, promoting the use of laptops as word processors and digital reading software. Pupils can use this technology to support their independent learning and ensure that they are developing the relevant skills to complement their exams access arrangements as part of their normal way of working in advance of their GCSEs and A levels.
To support our SEND cohort, a classroom is open to learners before school, at break and lunchtime providing a social area for those who may benefit from a smaller supervised social setting.
In Key Stage 5, learners are supported through quality first teaching and through individualised exams access arrangements. If high level support is required, this is done on a case-by-case basis. However, additional funding to support post-16 learners must be applied for, so please contact the SENDCo on application to discuss this, should you deem it necessary.
For any parent or carer of a child considering RHSC as their secondary school of choice, please do not hesitate in getting in touch if you have any queries that you would like to discuss. We are always happy to have a conversation via email or over the phone to arrange a visit for you and your child.
For more in-depth information regarding our SEND cohort and provision, please see our SEND Information Report, which is updated annually.
Henry Gray
hgray@synergymat.co.uk
February 2025
