Engagement
How children with SEND engage in all activities
At Brandon Primary Academy, we offer a wide range of additional opportunities outside of the classroom to enrich the experiences of our children and we do our best to enable all children to engage fully in all aspects of school life.
To do this, we:
- Ensure that all children with SEND are fully included in all activities of the school in order to promote the highest levels of achievement. This includes after school clubs, educational visits, sporting festivals and competitions.
- We ensure that reasonable adjustments are made to enable children with SEND to access a full curriculum and seek advice, resources, equipment and training in order to provide high quality experiences for all of our children.
- Many providers / settings offer support and advice in meeting the needs of children with SEND and offer specific risk assessments which are sent to school prior to educational visits.
- As a school, we ensure that suitable and accessible transport is provided and that comprehensive risk assessments cover travel arrangements to ensure that all children are safe during excursions.
- Ensure every child has the entitlement to a sense of achievement through marking and feedback, display of children’s work and our weekly celebration assemblies.
More details on how we adapt information, our environment and curriculum can be found in the Accessibility Plan and Equality Policy which you can find in the School Policies section of our website.
In School
The school is fully accessible to pupils with physical difficulties.
The following facilities are available for pupils and their parents/carers with physical difficulties:
- Disabled parking bays
- Ramped access to buildings
- Accessible toilets
- Accessible outdoor play areas
- Accessible dining hall
- A private room for administration of medication / first aid
- A sensory room
A risk assessment will be carried out and personal evacuation plan (PEP) will be drawn up for all pupils with physical difficulties or a disability. All staff working with the pupil will be made aware of the plan.
We have an Accessibility Policy linked to the ALP Trust, which is personalised to our school.
Outside of School
The school has a number of after school clubs across focusing on sports and the arts. These are ran by school staff and outside coaches. All of the clubs are accessible to pupils with special educational needs. Pupils take part in curriculum based educational visits throughout the year linked to their year group programmes of study. A risk assessment is completed for all school visits. The Senior Leadership Team, overseen by the Executive Headteacher and Head of School, makes decisions based on whether it is safe for a child to leave the premises, taking into account the emotional needs of the pupils.
Risk Assessments are recorded on EVOLVE and sent to the ALP Trust H&S Team and, for higher risk, residential visits, they are also sent to Durham Local Authority for approval.
