How does SJB know if a child needs extra help?

How does St John the Baptist know if a child needs extra help?

Most children will enter into the Reception Year and have their needs assessed as part of our transition programme:

• Nursery visits by class teacher and SENCO
• Home visits by class teacher and learning support assistant
• Story time visits to the school in the summer term
• Information provided by previous setting (attainment, safeguarding, attendance, SEND)
• Information packs completed by parents
• Information provided by Hampshire SEND team
• SEND surgeries between class teacher and SENCO within the first month of school
• Observations made by class staff and SENCO – “A day in the life of…”
• . Formative and Summative Assessments 

When a child joins our school at other times of the year, their needs will be assessed by:

• Transfer of data from previous setting (attainment, statutory assessments, SEND, attendance)
• Transfer for safeguarding records (CPOMS)
• Professional discussion between SENCOs and class teachers
• SEND surgeries between class teacher and SENCO within the first month of school
• Observations made by class staff and SENCO – “A day in the life of…”
• Meeting between parents and SENCO/class teacher

Despite high quality inclusive teaching and whole school systems for assessing planning, implementing and reviewing progress, a child is not making expected progress, information is gathered by:

1. Drawing of information from whole school systems

• Pupil Progress Meetings
• Triangulating attainment evidence – data, books, observations, professionals discussions
• SENCO surgeries
• Safeguarding review
• Parental voice
• Review of targets met/not met at My Support Plan Meetings (MSP)
• Review of screening tests or assessments (i.e. Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Language Link)
• Meetings between SENCO and LSAs delivering interventions

1. View of the child and parent

• MSP meetings with parents, class teacher and SENCO each term
• MSP meetings with class teacher and SENCO each half term
• Annual ‘All About Me’ completed by parents and child at home
• Termly SEND drop-in meetings with SENCO to discuss emerging concerns

1. External services to asses against external criteria

• Educational Psychologists
• Primary Behaviour Support Team
• Early Help Hub
• Link Speech and Language therapists
• Link Occupational Therapists
• EMTAS
• Outreach SEND School Support (Norman Gate, Icknield, Wolverdene)

Charities (Let’s Go, AndoverTwenty1, Autism Hampshire)