Hornchurch High School is fully committed to inclusion which is reflected in the SEND policy.
As part of our values we believe that all students, including those with SEN and or disabilities, get the support that they need, are able to take part in all possible activities and make a successful transition when joining and leaving Hornchurch High School.
What types of SEN does the school provide for?
Our school provides for pupils with the following needs:
Which staff will support my child, and what training have they had?
SENDCo
Our SENDCo at Hornchurch High is Mrs Huggins.
Mrs Huggins is a qualified teacher of geography. She is currently completing her NPQ for SENDCOs. Mr Huggins has involvement with Challenge Partners as a SEND Review participant.
Subject teachers
All of our teachers receive in-house SEND training, and are supported by the SENDCOs to meet the needs of pupils who have SEND.
Teaching assistants (TAs)
We have a team of 6 TAs, including 1 Lead TA who are trained to deliver SEND provision.
All of our teaching assistants who are trained to deliver interventions such as:
Project X, Power of Two, Talkabout, Nine Steps to Handwriting, Toe by Toe and ELSA
External agencies and experts
Sometimes we need extra help to offer our pupils the support they need. Whenever necessary we will work with external support services to meet the needs of our pupils with SEND and to support their families. These include:
-
Speech and language therapists
-
Educational psychologists
-
Occupational therapists
-
GPs or paediatricians
-
School nurses
-
Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)
-
Education welfare officers
-
Social services and other local authority (LA)-provided support services
-
Voluntary sector organisations
The link to the local Borough offer is:
https://familyserviceshub.havering.gov.uk/kb5/havering/directory/localoffer.page?localofferchannel=0