Provision

How We Support SEND

At Middlestone  Moor  Primary Academy we pride ourselves in being very inclusive and will endeavour to support every child regardless of their level of need.  All pupils follow the National Curriculum at a level and a pace that is appropriate to their abilities. At times and when it is felt appropriate, modifications to the curriculum may be implemented and for most children and young people in a mainstream school their needs can be met through Quality First Teaching and good classroom practice.

Definition

A child or young person has SEN if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made that is additional to or different from that made generally for other children or young people of the same age. (CoP 2015, p16)

There are four broad areas of special educational need, these are: 

• Communication and Interaction
  This area of need includes children with Autism Spectrum Condition and those with Speech, Language and Communication Needs
• Cognition and Learning
  This includes children with Specific Learning Difficulties, Moderate Learning Difficulties, Severe Learning Difficulties and Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties
  This includes any pupils who have an emotional, social or mental health need that is impacting on their ability to learn
• Sensory and/or Physical Difficulties
  This area includes children with hearing impairment, visual impairment, multi-sensory impairment and physical difficulties.

At Middlestone Moor Primary School, we have experience of supporting children and young people with a wide range of needs including:

Communication and Interaction

• Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SCLN)
• Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC)

Cognition and Learning

• Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
• Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD)

Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs

• Mental Health Difficulties
• Social and Emotional Needs

Sensory and/or Physical needs

• Gross and Fine Motor Needs
• Sensory Processing Needs
• Hearing Impairments
• Visual Impairments
• Physical Disability
• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

The school provides data on the levels and types of need to the Local Authority. This is collected through the school census.

Below is an overview of the types and level of needs across our school as from September 2021.