Woodland Primary School

Woodland Primary is a small and friendly village primary school offering children a highly creative and innovative education with a focus on outdoor learning. 

We were judged as outstanding by OFSTED in January 2013.

Small class sizes and excellent additional support enable personalised learning for children, whatever their needs and abilities, we encourage all children to build upon their talents and develop their skills.

We encourage parents to build a partnership with school and believe that by working together they can prepare children to become confident, lifelong learners, well equipped for the next steps in life.

We have close links with St. Mary’s Church in Woodland and our local community.

When is it on?

Time of day
Morning
Afternoon
Session information
Monday to Friday 9.00am - 3.15pm

Who to contact

Contact name
Clare Carr
Contact position
Head Teacher
Telephone
01388 718 271
E-mail
woodland@durhamlearning.net
Website
Woodland Primary School

Where to go

Address
Woodland
Bishop Auckland
County Durham
Postcode
DL13 5RF

Other details

Age range
5 - 11 years
Related links
Ofsted reports

Local Offer

Local Offer description

We are committed to the equal inclusion of all pupils in all areas of primary school life. Our staff and governors recognise the diverse and individual needs of all pupils and take into account the additional support required by those children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

Mrs Denham is the schools designated Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator. It is her job to:

  • Oversee the day-to-day operation of our SEN policy 
  • Liaise with the relevant Designated Teacher where a looked after pupil has SEN
  • Advise teachers on using a graduated approach to providing SEN support
  • Advise on the deployment of our delegated budget and other resources to meet the pupil’s needs effectively
  • Liaise with parents of pupils with SEN
  • Liaise with and act as a key point of contact for external agencies
  • Ensure that we keep the records of all SEN pupils up to date
  • Work with the school governors to ensure that we meet our responsibilities under the Education Act (2010) with regard to reasonable adjustments and access arrangements
Contact name
Rachel Denham
Contact telephone
01388 718 271
Contact email
woodland@durhamlearning.net
Links
SEND at Woodland Primary

How do you identify Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)?

How does the setting/school/college know if children/young people need extra help and what should I do if I think my child/young person may have special educational needs?

Woodland Primary School celebrates the fact that every child is unique. We understand that children learn and develop in different ways and have different strengths and areas for improvement. Teachers and teaching assistants recognise this and use different teaching styles, resources and plan different levels of work in the classroom to cater for the various ways children learn. However, many children, at some time in their school life, need extra help.

We believe in early identification of any special educational needs and disabilities, and this process starts from the first day children enter our school. If a child is attaining lower than age related expectation or progress is slower than expected/usual for the child, but it is felt that the child doesn’t have a SEND, then appropriate intervention is planned.

If you have any concerns about your child's learning, please contact your class teacher or the head teacher and arrange an appointment to discuss next steps.

How will you support my child with their special educational needs and disability?

How will early years setting/school/college staff support my child/young person?

If we consider a child might have SEND, we talk to the people who know the child best-the child and their parents/carers. In that initial assessment meeting, the child, their parents and their class teacher are invited to share their opinions and discuss the child’s strengths, areas of difficulty and hopes for the future. This forms the starting point for future support planning. 

Following the first meeting, if it is deemed appropriate, a Support Plan will be created for your child. This contains  specific, measurable, achievable and realistic targets, outlines appropriate support or intervention programmes and who will be the responsible adult. These targets will be reviewed at least every term with the child, their parents and class teacher.

If extra intervention and support is required, then your child will be assigned to one of our skilled teaching assistants. They will work closely with the class teacher to plan a programme of intervention. This intervention will be recorded on the whole-school provision map and will be regularly reviewed. Class teachers will also discuss with you how you can support your child at home.

How will you make sure my child's education meet their needs?

How will the curriculum be matched to my child's young person's needs?

Each child’s teacher will be finding ways to support your child to achieve these targets, such as:

  • Changing the way activities are planned and delivered
  • Matching activities to the ability/need of each child (differentiation)
  • Adapting learning materials such as equipment and activities to suit each child’s needs
  • Providing intervention in one to one or small groups as appropriate

How will we know my child is progressing?

How will both you and I know how my child/young person is doing and how will you help me to support my child's/young person's learning?

We aim to support the development of the whole child. To ensure we are effective in this, we recognise the need to develop effective partnerships. First and foremost, we actively seek to foster positive working relationships with both children and their parents.  We believe that children and their parents know best; we start our assessment process by discussing what the child and their parents think.

We then use the following strategies:

  • Have regular meetings and discussions with the child and their parents to determine how the child behaves at home, their strengths, areas of difficulty and hopes for the future.
  • Make close observations during school to identify the types of activities and experiences that most engage each child so these can be developed further and be used to form future planning.
  • Involve SEND children and their parents with setting their own targets.

We track pupil progress through:

  • Analysing pupil progress data and setting appropriate targets.
  • Using national curriculum testing.
  • Using tests such as the year 1 phonics test, reading age, multiplication tests
  • Gathering information from the child, parents, carers and professionals from other agencies.

How will you support my child's overall wellbeing?

What support will there be for my child's/young person's overall wellbeing?

We pride ourselves upon the support and guidance given to all pupils. The same high level of support will be adopted for any child/young person attending our school, whatever their need.

What specialist services and expertise is available at or accessed by the staff?

What specialist services and expertise are available at or accessed by the setting/school/college?

We work with a number of external agencies and fellow practitioners to help support and develop a child’s pastoral, social, educational and medical needs wherever necessary.

This list includes:

  • Our community of learning, where we share resources and effective practice with a number of schools in the surrounding area.
  • Special Educational Needs Inclusion Team
  • Durham Educational Psychology Service
  • Durham One Point Hub
  • Health Agencies, particularly School Nurse Service
  • Central Durham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
  • Speech and Language Therapists
  • Durham Autistic Spectrum Team
  • Behaviour Support Services/Crisis Response
  • Durham Movement Difficulties Service
  • Occupational Therapy Service for Children
  • The service for the Hearing Impaired
  • The service for the Visually Impaired

How are staff trained regarding SEND?

What training are the staff supporting children and young people with SEND have had or are having?

Both teaching and support staff are involved in regular training to support the work they do with children with SEND. This includes having sound knowledge of, for example, dealing with communication difficulties, children on the autistic spectrum, separation anxiety and dyslexia.

Support staff have further specialised training for both these and other areas of need within our school.

 

 

What activities outside the classroom will there be?

How will my child/young person be included in activities outside this classroom including school trips?

Trips and visits are always risk assessed to ensure that they are suitable for the children involved. Where necessary, adaptations will be made to ensure that every child has access to school visits. Child staff ratios will be monitored carefully and if necessary, a child may be allocated one to one support. Parents will be consulted and may be invited to support this process.

 

How will you support my child's needs?

How accessible is the setting/school/college environment?

The school has a ramp to access the front door and the building is all on one level inside. We also have a disabled toilet.

What is available to help my child with their education?

How are the setting's/school's/college's resources allocated and matched to children's/young people's special educational needs?

Resources are purchased as required as a need arises. This is done in consultation with parents and other agencies.

 

What support can I expect for my child?

How is the decision made about what type and how much support my child/young person will receive?

If your child's SEND needs are complex and/or severe, we may ask the council to carry out an Education, Health and Care Assessment. This is a very detailed assessment of each child’s needs. Parents or carers, the school and a range of professionals will all be asked to provide written reports.

At the end of the assessment phase the council will consider these reports to help decide whether or not to issue an Education, Health and Care Plan for the child.

How will I be involved in my child's education?

How are parents involved in the setting/school/college? How can I be involved?

We acknowledge the importance of and welcome parental involvement in school. If you wish to support school by participating in activities in school, please contact our school office.

There is also the Friends of Woodland School Association who fundraise and organise social events for the school. They welcome new members so please contact the school for further details.

My child is going to be starting or leaving soon, how will you help them?

How will the setting/school/college prepare and support my child/young person to join the setting/school/college or the next stage of education and life?

Transition to a child's next school is carefully planned. We have excellent relationships with our close secondary schools and a planned programme of transition already takes place. If a need arises then specialist staff from the secondary school will obtain more information about a SEND pupil and will make specialist arrangements to meet needs at the secondary school. Parents and children/young people are included in arrangements.

We are willing to make arrangements for transition to other schools or settings.

 

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