Cambo First School

School increased hours of SEND Teaching Assistants and brought in a specialist dyslexia/dyscalculia teacher

“we have increased the hours of our SEND Teaching Assistants so that more interventions have taken place and Gail Van Schalkwyk a specialist dyslexia/dyscalculia teacher has joined us for two mornings per week”

Named SENDCo responsible for SEND policy operation and coordination of provision for children with SEND

“Mrs Paula Cummings is the school’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator. [SENDCo] she is responsible for the operation of the SEND Policy and coordination of specific provision made to support individual children with SEND.”

Access to organisations offering additional support to parents of children with SEN, including LEA, Social Services and Health Service

“The school has access to various organisations that can offer additional support to parents of children with Special Educational Needs. A great deal of help is available from the Local Education Authority, Social Services and the Health Service.”

School describes personalised learning plans (PLPs) used to develop support plans and ensure two waves of intervention for children who need it.

“PLPs in place to develop support plans and ensure we have the required two waves of intervention should we need to progress concerns.”

School describes itself as family orientated with child, family and community central to its ethos

“At Cambo First School every child counts! We are very much a family orientated school and the child, family and community are very much at the heart of all that we do and are.”