Inclusion and SEN

Find out more about inclusion at Avenue Primary Academy

Sutton's Local Offer

Special Educational Needs (SEN) and/or Disabilities (D) & Inclusion

We are dedicated to offering an inclusive curriculum to ensure the best possible progress for all of our pupils whatever their needs or abilities. Our aspirational aims for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are the same as those for all children in the school.

What are special educational needs?

If your child has more difficulties than most children their age with aspects of their learning, communication or behaviour, they are likely to benefit from additional support in school which will enable them to access the curriculum at their level.

Within school, this means that they may be identified on the school's special educational needs register so that provision to meet their needs can be planned for.  As children progress, they may be taken off of the register at a future point when their needs no longer require significant, additional support.

What is a disability?

A person has a disability if he or she has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term adverse affect on his or her ability to carry out normal, day to day activities.

Children with a disability have special educational needs if they have any difficulty in accessing education and if they need any special educational provision to be made for them, that is anything that is additional to or different from what is normally available in school.

The Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo)

All mainstream schools must appoint a designated teacher; the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo), who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the school's SEND policy (please see link above.) The SENCo will co-ordinate provision for pupils with SEND and liaise with parents, staff and external agencies.  The named, qualified SENCo for Avenue Primary Academy is Miss Spencer.  Please contact Mrs Spencer via the school office. 

Our school Inclusion Team

We have a specialist team of staff who work with Mrs Vaz to ensure high quality, specialist support for all pupils, not just pupils identified on the SEN register.  

Mrs Vaz - Assistant Head teacher, Lead SENCo & Head of Base

Miss Spencer - SENCo

Miss Davis - Family Support Worker

Mrs Giddings - Lead TA for SEMH

Mrs Collins - Lead TA for Learning

Mrs Ross and Miss Bentley - Specialist TAs for SEMH

Mrs Wolsoncroft - Specialist TA for Learning

Mrs Palmer - Specialist TA for Speech and Language

Mrs Wyld- Specialist TA for EYFS