Inclusion at Harrowgate Hill Primary School
At Harrowgate Hill Primary School, we welcome everybody into our community. The pupils, parents, staff and Governors work together to make Harrowgate Hill Primary School a happy, welcoming place where children can achieve their full potential and develop as confident individuals. This means that equality of opportunity must be a reality for our children. We make this a reality through the attention we pay to the different groups of children within our school and providing a learning environment that enables all pupils to make the greatest possible progress and achieve their full potential in a caring, supportive and fully inclusive environment.
Our vision is:
We want our children to be both happy and engaged in their learning. It is important to us that they are brave in their quest for new skills and knowledge. We want our children to have a broad, balanced and deep curriculum with enrichment opportunities where they can be creative and have opportunities to lead their own learning. It is our aim that when our children leave us they do so as well rounded, confident individuals, prepared for the next steps in their education and for later life.
At Harrowgate Hill Primary School, our children know that the stars are not the limit and with aspiration comes success and we can all be anything or anybody we want to be.
The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Lead (Inclusion Manager) at Harrowgate Hill Primary School is Mrs Stephanie Brown.
If you would like to discuss your child’s needs, or you would like to know more about what we offer at Harrowgate Hill Primary School then contact us on 01325 253300 or e-mail us at admin@harrowgatehillpri.darlington.sch.uk
Harrowgate Hill Primary School is a maintained primary school in Darlington Borough Council Local Authority. For details of the local offer for SEND, follow the link below:
Our SEND provision allows pupils with learning difficulties the opportunity to follow a curriculum specifically tailored to develop life skills and to give pupils self-confidence through their learning thus enabling them to maximize their potential and to work independently.
We are committed to narrowing the attainment gap between SEND and non-SEND pupils. This may include short-term intervention learning programmes and other learning interventions developed to personalise learning.
All children and young people are entitled to an education that enables them to make progress so that they:
• achieve their best
• become confident individuals living fulfilling lives
• make a successful transition into adulthood.
What Special Educational Need does the school provide for?
Our school supports children with a wide range of needs within the four broad areas outlined in the SEND Code of Practice:
Children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) have difficulty in communicating with others. They may have difficulty saying what they want to, understanding what is being said to them or they do not understand or use social rules of communication.
Children and young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are likely to have particular difficulties with social interaction. They may also experience difficulties with language, communication and imagination, which can impact on how they relate to others.
Support for learning difficulties may be required when a child learns at a slower pace than their peers, even with appropriate differentiation.
Learning difficulties cover a wide range of needs, including moderate learning difficulties (MLD), severe learning difficulties (SLD), where a child is likely to need support in all areas of the curriculum and associated difficulties with mobility and communication, through to profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), where a child is likely to have severe and complex learning difficulties as well as a physical disability or sensory impairment.
Specific learning difficulties (SpLD), affect one or more specific aspects of learning. This encompasses a range of conditions such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia.
Children may experience a wide range of social and emotional difficulties which manifest themselves in many ways. These may result in the child becoming withdrawn or isolated, or in them displaying challenging, disruptive or disturbing behaviour.
Other children may have disorders such as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) or Attachment Disorder (AD).
Many children with vision impairment (VI), hearing impairment (HI) or a multi-sensory impairment (MSI) will require specialist support and / or equipment to access their learning. Children with an MSI have a combination of vision and hearing difficulties.
Some children with a physical disability (PD) require additional ongoing support and equipment to access all the opportunities available to their peers.
At Harrowgate Hill Primary School, we have children in all these categories of SEND, and some children may have difficulties in more than one category. This may include children with or without a formal diagnosis.
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