SEND Provision at St Laurence's

We believe that every child at our Academy is unique and special, so we aim to provide a broad and balanced curriculum for all. We pride ourselves on our inclusive ethos and are committed to developing cultures, policies and practices that embed this further. Systems are in place to ensure early identification of barriers which may impact a child's access to school and learning, we then follow a graduated approach to ensure children access the correct level of support to meet their individual needs and enable them to make progress.  Where children are identified as needing additional support in any aspect, the academy follows the SEND Code of Practice (2014). This ensures that each child’s needs are individually and appropriately catered for, and that any outside agencies are involved in providing guidance and support.

The key principles of the code of practice are:

• The participation of children, their parents and young people in decision making
• The early identification of children and young people’s need and early intervention to support
• Greater choice and control for young people and parents over support
• Collaboration between education, health and social care services to provide support
• High quality provision to meet the needs of children with SEN

SEND Newsletters

Each half-term, there will be a SEND newsletter send via email to all parents, these will outline opportunities to come into school for networking events and to meet with Mrs Parker-Smith. They also share information about support from agencies and additional events led by SEND specialists. 

Following the coffee morning last half-term, this half-term there will be one-to-one drop in sessions available in school to discuss any queries you may have. Further details will be shared in the upcoming newsletter. 

The Beehive

At St Laurence's, we pride ourselves in ensuring each child has access to the education and provision they need to ensure every child is able to thrive. We are proud of our 'Beehive' provision which enables children to access experiences outside their classroom. It ensures children's sensory needs and social, emotional and mental health needs are met in addition to providing opportunities for focused and specific target work to be delivered by our 'Beehive Team' of SEND Teaching Assistants, either in a one-to-one or small group setting. There is a different focus in The Beehive each week which enhances the learning children access in their classrooms. 

Come back soon to see photos of The Beehive in action!

Local Authorities are required to publish information on all of the provision that they expect to be available across available across education, health and social care for children and young people in their area who have SEN or are disabled, including those who do not have Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans.  This information is available on the local authority websites here:

Coventry's SEND local offer

This NHS ran page provides information on the different SEN conditions. There are also links to other relevant and useful pages:

Learning Disabilities

The academies SEND offer and SEND policies are available on our policies page here.