Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Our school SENCo is Mr Adrian Jones and he can be contacted through the school office on 01823 430831.
Somerset Local Offer
For more information on the services available for children and young people up to 25 years with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and how to access them , check out the Somerset local offer here: Somerset’s SEND Local Offer
SENDIAS (Somerset Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support)
This service provides impartial information, advice and support for parent carers and young people (up to the age of 25) about special educational needs and disability (SEND) and to encourage partnership working with schools, colleges, early year providers, the Local Authority and voluntary services. Please visit their website Somerset SENDIAS
Somerset Parent Carer Forum
Somerset Parent Carer Forum is a support group for Parent Carers and families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Somerset. For more information, please visit Somerset Parent Carer Forum
To find out the latest about what's going on with SEND services in Somerset and to access support as a parent if your child has additional needs please follow this link. New articles and updated information is added weekly.
The Graduated Response
At Cotford St Luke Primary School we use Somerset’s Graduated Response tool to identify needs and next steps for our children. This is used from Reception upwards.
Initially, if a teacher feels that a child needs further support, they will use the ‘Quick Checker’ tool to indicate which out of four areas your child may need further support. The 4 areas are:
- Communication and Interaction
-Cognition and Learning
-Sensory and Physical
-Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
The teachers will then use the graduated response tool to look at what further support they can provide in the classroom to meet your child’s needs at a Universal level. Once they have identified next steps, they will also complete three rounds of an assess, plan, do, review cycle to see if the adaptations put in place are effective. If after these 3 rounds it is felt that the support has not helped the teacher would talk to the SENDCo and with the parents fill out an initial cause for concern form.
At this stage your child may join our SEN register.
External Support
At Cotford St Luke Primary School we engage with and have access to a range of external support such as play therapists, educational psychologists and speech and language therapists. We work closely with these external agencies where necessary to ensure all our children are having all their needs met.