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SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS |
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The department consists of the SENCO, two fulltime teachers, a literacy instructor and seven learning support assistants. From January 2003 we have also benefited from 0.2 of a specialist dyslexia teacher. Students are offered support in a variety of ways: withdrawal groups for literacy in Years 7 and 8 for students with a Reading Age of below 9.5 years; withdrawal for individual work with students with complex literacy difficulties; withdrawal for behaviour management counselling and social skills work in small groups in all Years; and in-class support. In Years 10 and 11 the department offers a Curriculum Support option which consists of five sessions of guided private study a fortnight and the opportunity to sit the GCSE exams in special conditions, with 25% extra time and a certain amount of help in understanding the papers. For certain statemented students we may ask for an amanuensis for the exams. In 2002, most of our SEN students obtained their predicted grades in this way and we were gratified that the SEN cohort achieved 14 A*-C grades between them this year. The SENCO also co-ordinates the work of outside agencies involved with SEN students in our school. He has overall responsibility for setting up and reviewing the PSPs (Pastoral Support Programmes) for students whose behaviour is a cause of concern and who are at risk of permanent exclusion. students who have a PSP are seen regularly for individual monitoring sessions by a specialist teacher (Mr. Tony Louden) from Tower Hamlets Social Inclusion Project who gives us 0.3 of his time. We are able to refer students with a variety of emotional needs to other specialist teachers from the Tower Hamlets Support for Learning Service: Ms. Adisa Ekundayo works with children of Black or Mixed Race origin to combat disaffection and underachievement, visiting a few times a term, and Ms. Claudine Rausch sees girls with chiefly self-esteem issues on a 0.2 timetable. Ms. Diane Sampey of Tower Hamlets Hearing Impairment Service gives us 0.2 also, to support a deaf student in Year 10 who is not in the DSB, and we receive five visits a year from Ms. Cathy Hughes to check up on the partially deaf students in the School who are not in the DSB. Our educational psychologist (Mr. John Thorburn) visits five mornings a term to assess students and advise on strategies and very exceptionally to make recommendations to the SEN Panel for a Statement of SEN or a change of school provision. Staffing: |
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