Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)
SEND in The Gateway Learning Community
The GLC believes that all staff are integral to supporting our learners with SEND so that the highest outcomes can be achieved. The ethos is that whole school SEND provision is the responsibility of all. This is encapsulated by the phrase in the Code of Practice (2014):
"Every teacher is a teacher of pupils with SEND" and therefore, "every leader is a leader of pupils with SEND."
GLC staff are supported in and challenged to provide the highest quality teaching for all learners; for those with additional needs, this includes increasingly more personalised strategies covering:
High quality teaching for SEND
To ensure that strategies are effective and staff have clarity in what good practice looks like for SEND students. We work alongside the teaching and learning team to incorporate the focus of SEND throughout the whole school review.
Within The GLC’s mission statement there is an emphasis on the role and importance of behaviour and relationships:
Our mission is to offer everyone opportunities to develop as high-achieving, resilient, healthy, aspirational, caring and fulfilled members of society. This will be achieved through:
- The development of productive relationships to prepare pupils for learning and life;
- Outstanding teaching; An inspiring and meaningful curriculum;
- The development of effective partnerships for the benefit and wellbeing of our community.
At The Gateway Learning Community, we believe that ‘making the weather’ and a positive learning environment will give the pupils the best possible chance of achieving high outcomes, develop high expectations and help pupils improve upon their best. It is our mission to develop productive relationships across the community of the trust, so that the inclusive and positive school ethos permeates throughout and is everyone’s responsibility. Our approach to behaviour and relationships is informed by the following statement:
Being ‘fair’ is not about everyone getting the same (equality) but about everyone getting what they need (equity).
The Gateway works closely with other professionals to secure needed services for our students and seek advice when a student is making less than expected progress, despite tailored support being put into place. These include but are not limited to:
- Speech and language therapy;
- Physiotherapy;
- Educational psychology;
- Local schools, including those with special status;
- Occupational therapy;
- Mental health services;
- Counselling and therapies;
- School nurse, specialist nursing and health teams;
- Other health and social care professionals.
The Team
Contact GA SEND admin: charlotte.bettle@theglc.org.uk
SEND Team
| GLC Trust Lead for SEND and Inclusion | Sarah Curtis - sarah.curtis@theglc.org.uk |
| Assistant Principal for SEND / SENDCo | Laura Hunt - laura.hunt@theglc.org.uk |
| SEND Inclusion Lead | Ashleigh Tobin - ashleigh.tobin@theglc.org.uk |
| SEND Support Teacher | Grace Shaw |
| Learning Support Assistant | Kyrese Baker |
| Learning Support Assistant | Amanda Brenchley |
| Learning Support Assistant | Eden Mitchell |
| Learning Support Assistant | Donna Marie Hayes |
| Learning Support Assistant | Lucie Donovan |
| Learning Support Assistant | Freya Lewis |