Carrington Primary and Nursery School

The school has a named SENDCo who leads a large teaching assistant team and works with outside agencies to support pupils with additional needs.

“Mrs Swankie is our SENDCo and she leads our Teaching Assistant team which is made up of large number of support staff across the year groups. We work closely with a number of outside agencies such as Educational Psychologists, the Behaviour Support Team and Occupational Health.”

The school provides SEN support across four broad areas: communication and interaction; cognition and learning; behavioural emotional and mental health; and sensory/physical needs.

“In broad terms we provide support for children with the following SEN needs; • communication and interaction • cognition and learning • behavioural emotional and mental health • sensory and/or physical needs”

The school has named Designated Safeguarding Leads (SDSL and DDSLs) responsible for child protection and liaising with external agencies.

“THE DESIGNATED SAFEGUARDING LEADS (DSL) are members of staff designated to take lead responsibility for dealing with safeguarding issues. The role of the DSL for Child Protection is to take responsibility for dealing with child protection issues, provide advice and support to other staff, liaising with the local authority and working with other agencies to ensure all children at our school are safe.”

The school tracks academic progress and closely monitors emotional and mental health, linking with external agencies including social services, health services, and welfare groups for early identification of needs.

“We track academic progress and closely monitor the emotional and mental health of our children. We believe all behaviour is communication. We link across other primary schools, playgroups, private nurseries, social services, health services, welfare groups and outside agencies to support and enable effective liaison and identification.”

The school's mission statement is 'Creative Aspirational Enthusiastic Successful', explicitly including aspirations for SEND pupils.

“Our School mission statement is “Creative Aspirational Enthusiastic Successful” and this includes the aspirations we have for all of our pupils including those with SEND.”

The school states safeguarding and welfare of all pupils is a shared responsibility of all staff and volunteers.

“Carrington Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of its pupils and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The safety and wellbeing of all of the children is everyone’s responsibility.”