Intention

At Star Primary School, our intention for Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) is to ensure that all children receive a high-quality and ambitious education regardless of need or disability. We believe that it is vital that our pupils are equipped with the tools needed to become independent, inquisitive learners both in and out of the classroom. 

Being an Inclusion Quality Mark Flagship School, we work towards  removing all barriers to learning and participation, provide a holistic education that is appropriate to pupils’ needs, promotes high standards and the fulfilment of potential for all pupils; promote positive relationships, active engagement, and wellbeing.

At the end of KS2 our SEND pupils will leave STAR Primary with the  self confidence and skills to be able to communicate effectively their needs and function as independently as they can in their personal capacity. They will have developed the understanding of their emotional wellbeing and knowledge of their rights in society.

Implementation

• At Star Primary every teacher is a teacher of SEND. As such, inclusion is a thread that runs through every area of the school enhanced by collaboration between all stakeholders.
• Our rich, broad balanced Rights Respecting curriculum offers our children a wealth of experiences and ensures that pupils with SEND are included in all aspects of their school day, provided with quality first teaching (adapted to meet their needs), respected and their contributions valued and acknowledged.
• We recognise the importance of promoting positive mental health and emotional wellbeing to all our students and their families. We create an open culture around the discussion of SEND needs and wellbeing, and to empower our SEND children be proud of their abilities and encourage acceptance and empathy amongst all pupils. 
• By implementing the Zones of Regulation curriculum we aim to teach our pupils to identify emotions in themselves and others and provide them with a bank of strategies, sensory stations in each classroom, ZEND rooms and sensory break areas all around school, to help regulate their emotions and improve their wellbeing.
• Some pupils may need specific 1:1 or small group interventions to support their cognition and learning, social emotional mental health or sensory needs. We work alongside external agencies such as an Educational Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Complex needs Services and Behaviour support services  to develop specific targets/programmes tailored to the child’s individual needs.

Impact

Star Primary is proud to hold Inclusion Quality Mark Flagship School Status for five years running. Evidencing that pupils at Star Primary School feel happy, safe and respected. Children with SEND make good progress at Star from their starting points.

Children with SEND develop skills and knowledge across the curriculum to prepare them for the next stage of their education and, in the long view, prepare them for employment, independent living and making a positive contribution to their community.