Welcome Gomersal Primary School

SEND (special educational needs and disability)

WELCOME TO GOMERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS & DISABILITY (SEND) INFORMATION PAGE.

''Leaders are ambitious for
pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Leaders have recently
made improvements to the systems to identify and support pupils with SEND. Pupils with
SEND access the same curriculum as their peers. Staff give support to these pupils to help
them in lessons.'' Ofsted Nov 2023

Mrs Kayleigh Ibbitson is our schools Special Educational needs and disability coordinator - SENDCo.

Mrs Rachael Graham is our schools Special Educational Needs and Disability Governor.

Send at Gomersal primary School

At Gomersal primary School we believe early identification and intervention is the key to ensuring that our children gain the best possible start to their school journey and beyond.

Children are identified as having special educational needs or a disability (SEND) through a variety of means. This could include:

information from a previous school
A child performing below age expected levels
Concerns raised by teacher for example behaviour or self-esteem is affecting performance
Concerns raised by a parent
Liaising with outside agencies, such as Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists,

Parents, and where appropriate the child, are involved in all discussions, at every step. Once identified, appropriate targets are then put in place, such as an SEN Support plan (SENSP), Sensory passport or a One Page Profile (OPP).

Within Gomersal Primary School we have a number of children across all four areas of SEND which include Cognition and Learning, Communication and Interaction, Social and Emotional Mental Health and Sensory and Physical.

All Kirklees maintained schools have a similar approach to meeting the needs of pupils with
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and are supported by the Local Authority to ensure that all pupils, regardless of their specific needs, make the best possible progress in school. All schools are supported to be as inclusive as possible, with the needs of pupils with a Special Educational
Needs and/or Disability being met in a mainstream setting wherever possible, where families want this to happen.

Who has responsibility for SEND at Gomersal Primary School?

Type of school Mainstream primary shool
Specialist provision on site None
Headteacher Ms Melanie Cox
SENCO Mrs Kayleigh Ibbitson

Governor with responsibility for SEND Mrs Rachael Graham
School office Email office@gomersalprimaryschool.co.uk
Senco Email kayleigh.ibbitson@gomersalprimaryschool.co.uk
School office Telephone 01274 879313
SENCO team Telephone 01274 879313
Local offer website link www.kirkleeslocaloffer.org.uk
Age Range 4 – 11 years
Funding Kirklees LA

Admission of pupils with SEND

Students with SEND are allocated places in two separate & distinct ways:

Those pupils with EHCPs have a separate admissions procedure overseen by Kirklees
SEND team.
Those pupils who have SEND but do not have an EHCP are admitted via the normal school
admissions criteria.

Detailed information and guidance of how to apply for a place at Gomersal Primary both if your child has an EHCP, or if they have special needs but do not have an EHCP, can be found on the following link:

https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/schools-and-education.aspx#admissions

Who should I talk to within school about my child's difficulties with learning and/or SEND?

The SENCO: Mrs Kayleigh Ibbitson

The SENCO is responsible for:

Coordinating all the support for children with special educational needs and disability
(SEND) and developing the school’s SEND Policy to make sure all children get a
consistent, high quality response to meeting their needs in school.
Ensuring that you are:
involved in supporting your child’s learning
kept informed about the support your child is getting
involved in reviewing how they are doing
part of planning ahead for them.
Liaising with all the other people who may be coming into school to help support your child’s learning e.g. Speech and Language Therapy, Educational Psychology etc...
Updating the school’s SEND register (a system for ensuring all the SEND needs of pupils in this school are known) and making sure that there are excellent records of your child’s progress and needs.
To provide specialist support for teachers and support staff in the school so they can help your child (and other pupils with SEND in the school) achieve the best possible progress in school.

Class teachers

They are responsible for:

Checking on the progress of your child and identifying, planning and delivering any
additional help your child may need (this could be things like targeted work, additional
support) and letting the SENCO know as necessary.
Ensuring that all staff working with your child in school and are supported to deliver the
planned work/programme for your child, so they can achieve the best possible progress.
This may involve the use of additional adults, outside specialist help and specially planned
work and resources.
Ensuring that the school’s SEND and Teaching and Learning Policy is followed in their
classroom, and for all the pupils they teach with any SEND.

Head teacher: Ms Melanie Cox

The headteacher is responsible for

The day to day management of all aspects of the school, this includes the support for
children with SEND.
She will give responsibility and delegate to the SENCO team and class/subject teachers but
is still responsible for ensuring that your child’s needs are met.
She must make sure that the Governing Body is kept up to date about any issues in the
school relating to SEND.

SEND Governor: Mrs Rachael Graham

She is responsible for:

Making sure that the necessary support is made for any child who attends the school who
has SEND.

Please click on relevant document to view them

School % SEN Register

SEND Policy

Kirklees Local Offer

SEND INFORMATION REPORT.pdf

Please remember that you can always come into school and talk to your child’s class teacher about any concerns or worries that you may have.

The class teacher would then discuss this with Mrs Ibbitson and an Initial Concerns form would be filled out over a period of time. This would enable us to have a clearer picture of what is going on over a prolonged period (around 6 weeks/half a term).

Once this time has come to an end, Mrs Ibbitson would review the form and plan to observe the child. A discussion would take place with class teacher regarding findings and parents would be informed of action moving forward. This could include adding a child to the cause for concern register, adding them on the SEND register or simply continuing to use Quality First Teaching and interventions to ensure they continue to make progress.

Parent Support

Please see below for support if your child has SEND.

This page will help to support you if you have any concerns about your child or what support is available on the local offer and how we can help with this in school.

Below is a clip of what the local offer is and a link to their parent portal on the website.

Yorkshire & Humber LO Video 2024 - YouTube

Information and Advice | Kirklees SEND Local Offer (kirkleeslocaloffer.org.uk)

Please find a list of dates below for the PCAN support group