Special Educational Needs and Disability Plan


The school adheres to the regulations and guidance in the ISI regulatory standards and the law set out in Schedule 10 of the Equality Act 2010. This policy refers to disabled people, including those with special educational needs.

At The Moat School we will:

·  Not treat disabled people less favourably

·  Take reasonable steps to avoid putting disabled people at a substantial disadvantage (the ‘reasonable adjustment’ duty) in matters of admission and education.

This three year plan runs from April 2015 to March 2018. This three-year plan includes how the school plans to:

a)  increase the extent to which disabled pupils (including those with special educational needs) can participate in the school’s curriculum

b)  improve the provision to disabled pupils of information which is already in writing for pupils who are not disabled

c)  improve the physical environment of the school in order to increase the extent to which disabled pupils are able to take advantage of education and associated services offered by the school.

To increase the extent to which disabled pupils (including those with special educational needs) can participate in the school’s curriculum:

Objective / By when? / By whom? / Resources / Review
To improve delivery of multisensory lessons by auditing teaching and learning to pupils with SEND within the classroom. / On-going / All teaching staff. / Time for classroom observations and appraisals / Reviewed again after CReSTed Nov 2017.
Moving forwards, review through appraisal system.
To improve pupils’ access to pencil grips, wobble cushions and multisensory toys to help with specific difficulties and attention disorders by providing each classroom with an SEN toolbox / Introduced Sept 2014 / PL (OT) / OT Budget / SEN Toolkits in place from Sept 2014. Require regular updating. Last updated Oct 17.
To improve road safety and route planning skills for selected pupils by running an “out and about” Enrichment. / Sept 15 / PL / 1 hour per week timetable / Termly Review
SENCo to complete NASENCo Qualifcation. / Sept 14 / CP / £1650 / Completed Sept 2015. Employment of second SENCo Jan 2018.
To provide auxillary staff and bursary scheme to ensure that all pupils have access to school residential trips / April 14 / LT
Finance Manager / Trip Bursary / Ongoing
Expand therapeutic team / Jan 2018 / LT / Annual Salaries / Second counsellor appointed Sep 2016. Second OT to be appointed Jan 2018. Third SaLT to be appointed Jan 2018
Second SENCo to be appointed Jan 2018
To improve posture, balance, strength, flexibility and mindfulness in selected pupils by providing specialist yoga sessions to selected pupils. / Nov 15 / OT, HH / Time alloated on PL and MP’s timetables / Review April 2016 and ongoing
To improve attention and concentration of pupils in lessons by introducing alert programme and brain gym. / Sept 14 / OT / Time / PL provides ongoing INSET training to all staff and most recently in Nov 2017.
To increase the specialism of OT to include sensory integration by having OT complete Sensory Integration Module 1 training. / Oct 2015 / OT / Course costs (training budget) / Jan 2016
To improve the cerebellar function of selected pupils through the Step2Progress programmes. / Nov 2015 / OT
SaLT (YR)
Therapy Assistant
LSA (AR)
FB / Course costs (heads budget) / Scheme completes May 2017, review whether to continue.
Success depended on engagement from parents which in many cases was insufficient to continue.
Train staff in teaching methods and the use of equipment to help support the learning of pupils with hearing impairment. / Ongoing / SENCo & all staff / Time / SENCo to regularly liase with peripatetic teacher of deaf to organise training for new staff and update current staff – Sep 2017
Appoint music therapist to work with pupil who have been identified as having social and emotional difficulties. / Sept 2015 / MP / £200 per session / Music therapist appointed Sept 2015. Feedback through MP and reports termly.
Two members of staff to complete mindfulness training in order to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of pupils. / April 2016 / SR, KH / £1500 / Sept 2016
School therapeutic dog introduced. / Sep 2017 / CP / N/A / Termly

To improve the provision to disabled pupils of information which is already in writing for pupils who are not disabled;

* Note, due to the specialist nature of the school as a provision for pupils with dyslexia, all pupils in the school have difficulty accessing written information. As such, our day to day function is based on a model which provides additional support for pupil to access written information. Details of the way in which we provide for this are available in our SEN Policy and SEN SEF and DEV Plans.

Objective / By when? / By whom? / Resources / Review
Increase number of coloured overlays pupils have access to in classrooms (using SEN toolbox) / Sept 2015 / PL, HH / Coloured overlays / Annual update of SEN toolboxes in classrooms.
To include more rigorous reading data from a well-respected standardised test in tracking data by administering YARC test. / Sept 2014 / SaLTs / YARC test score scheet / Reviews Sept 2015.
Review annually.
To provide access to Paired Reading for all pupils in the school / Sept 2014 / CM, CP, SFL staff, non-form staff, LSAs / Time / Paired reading offered to all pupils in the school from September 2014. Ongoing
All current teaching staff and LSAs to be trained to meet needs of learners with SpLD at post graduate level. / Ongoing / LT and MC / Training Budget / Review annually based on numbers of new staff
Introduce series of twilight specialist INSETs by Concept Training, ASD specialists / Sep 2017 / CK / Training budget / Review annually
Introduce complementary qualification – Level 5 Certificate in Supporting Learners with ASD / Sep 2018 / CK / Training budget / Review annually

To improve the physical environment of the school in order to increase the extent to which disabled pupils are able to take advantage of education and associated services offered by the school.

Objective / By when? / By whom? / Resources / Review
Paint on internal walls to be ‘soft’ (dyslexia friendly)colours to help pupils focus. / Aug 2015 / CC / Capital Budget / July 2016
To explore amendments which could be made to the building to ensure wheelchair access to ground floor such that fire assembly point can be accessed from all exits. / Sept 2017 / CC / Capital Budget / Sept 2018
Design technology workshop facility upgraded to improve knowledge and experience of industrial applications. / Sept 2015 / JB & CC / Capital Budget / Upgrade complete. Review Sept 2016 regarding impact on GCSE results.
To explore the possibility of creating a sensory room to meet the needs of pupils with ASD / Sensory Integration Difficulties / Sept 2015 / PL / Exploring possibility of grant. / Review whether viable Sept 2017.
To provide sensory integrated play equipment for Lower School and Year 7 pupils in designated area / Jan 2018 / PL & CK / Capital Budget / Review annually. New trampoline purchased Summer 2017.
Creation of second counselling room. / Sep 2017 / MG / Capital Budget / Review annually.

Signed: Date:

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(Chair of Governors, on behalf of the governing body)