Inclusion Faculty
Our success
The staff and the Governors of Baysgarth are committed to promoting the success and achievements of pupils who require support to help them develop to their potential.
In the Inclusion Faculty, we are impressed with our pupils for what they are achieving - sometimes it is a Year 11 girl who has a breakthrough in her numeracy; it could be a Year 8 boy who, through applied hard work, learns the first 100 high frequency words. Last week a Year 9 pupil struggled so hard against ME as to attend school every day. We are as proud of and delighted with our pupils as they and their parents are.
Annual assessments of reading, comprehension and spelling demonstrate in measurable terms how our pupils with SEN have progressed. This last year, they again had some amazing successes with 92% achieving or surpassing their targets. Well done to all our pupils who try so hard.
We can also see an increase in self-confidence in many of our pupils - this may not be as measurable as a spelling age or a reading age but it is just as evident and just as important. Their teachers, their TAs and their parents should be congratulated for the encouragement they give these pupils - it makes an inestimable difference.
The Inclusion Faculty
The Inclusion Faculty staff enjoy a positive rapport with their pupils and our faculty has a deserved reputation of being flexible, approachable and responsive to needs.
Staff
Ms Dring - Head of Inclusion & SENCO
Mrs Billinger - in charge of Supported Classes
Miss Greswell - teacher of SEN
Miss Murray - Behaviour & Looked After Children Co-ordinator
Mrs Usher - Senior Teaching Assistant and Looked After Children Co-ordinator
Mrs Pettitt - Administration
Mrs Habergham - Behaviour and Performing Arts
Miss Howarth - Behaviour
Mrs Marlow - English
Miss Vrabel - English
Mrs Emerson - Maths
Mr Hirst - Maths
Mrs Bloy - Science
Mrs Blanchard - DT
Miss Picksley - ASD pupils
Ms Coupland - KS4 intervention
Mrs Tuplin - pupils in Isolation
Mrs Preston - Barton Grange Manager
Mrs Richardson - Barton Grange
Mr Richardson - Barton Grange
Mrs Wells - Barton Grange
Mrs Stockdale - Work Based Learning Manager
Mrs Walker - Work Based Learning
Mrs Hunt - Year 7 Supported Class
Miss Dent - Year 8 Supported Class
Mrs Woodward - Year 8 Supported Class
Mrs Gravel - Year 9 Supported Class
Ms Walmsley - Year 9 Supported Class
Line Managers are Mrs Hartley and Mr Hackney, Assistant Heads.
Well established and frequent links with our primary schools enable us to make effective provision for pupils with SEN before they even arrive at Baysgarth. The SENCO and / or the Behaviour Co-ordinator attend Annual Reviews for pupils in Year 6. Once here, our wide range of resources and staff expertise ensure that pupils are supported to achieve as well as they are able to.
Our secret weapon
Parents are vitally important to pupil progress - it has been empirically proven that pupils do well when parents take an interest in their child's / children's education by attending invitations to Parents' Evenings, SEN Reviews etc. and by taking an interest in their child's schoolwork and homework. We are in frequent touch with parents - informally as needed, formally at the Annual Review of Statemented pupils, as well as twice yearly SEN reviews when we can tell parents of their child's improvement. We are delighted that more parents than ever are accepting these invitations to come into school to have a friendly chat. We are proud of our home / school communications and encourage parents to contact us whenever they have a concern.
Inclusion
We have a well-earned respect in the county for our policy and practices of offering opportunities for all our pupils to succeed, irrespective of ability of level of difficulty.
We employ a huge amount of diverse strategies to ensure that we engage and support pupils with a variety of different needs.
We are proud of our inclusive nature and work hard to maintain and further improve our standards of inclusion. Support is offered to help overcome barriers to learning whether they be physical, learning, emotional, behaviour or lack of self-esteem. This means that our pupils are enabled to become independent learners.
Room 50 (on the first floor of the main building) at Baysgarth is the base for the Inclusion Faculty. Governors, staff, parents and friends of Baysgarth are always most welcome to come and visit us in Room 50 at any time upon pre-arranged appointment. Room 5 (on the ground floor) is where our Behaviour Teaching Assistants have their base. The Behaviour Co-ordinator is in the Student Support Centre. The Year 7 Supported Class is located in Room 9; the Year 8 Supported Class is in Room 8 and the Year 9 Supported Class is in Room 4. The Work Based Learning unit is on the first floor of the Administration Building and Barton Grange is located on the Grange Farm premises.
At Baysgarth every effort is made to ensure that all pupils are enabled to participate fully in the curriculum. Special arrangements are made for those with temporary or permanent difficulties.
We have a School Access Plan and also a Disability Discrimination Policy, which comply with the Disability Discrimination act 1995 (as amended by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001). These will try to make sure that the school does not treat anyone with a disability "less favourably", because of their disability. Also that "reasonable adjustments" are made, so that disabled pupils and prospective pupils are not being placed at a "substantial disadvantage" when compared to non-disabled pupils. The main school now has an extensive ramp system for wheelchair access to all ground floor areas, as well as a wheelchair lift to the main hall and to the sport / drama area of the school.
In addition, we offer wheelchair access between main school and the English annexe. Although we are pleased with the improvements to our school to enable everyone, especially the visually, hearing, and physically impaired to enjoy access, much remains to be done. However, we have improved lighting and handrails near steps. We plan to further improve the safe access to various areas of the school.
What we do
The SENCO is in constant touch with a wide range of outside agencies. These include the Diversity Service; the Hearing Impaired Service; the Visually Impaired Service; the Educational Psychology Service and Social Services - anyone who can help us to help our pupils to overcome their barrier to learning.
Of course, inclusion does not merely mean physical access to the school, but also access to the curriculum in its widest sense. To this end, we provide a range of support. Each pupil on the SEN Record at level SA and above has an IEP (reviewed and updated regularly). This details their particular difficulty, the SEN teacher responsible for them, what we are doing to help them and what progress they are making to overcome their difficulty, together with targets for the next term / year.
We are aware how important it is to keep up to date with developments in special education if we are to continue to give effective provision. To this end, we receive various periodicals, journals and publications; we attend relevant courses and training (for example, on dyslexia, positive behaviour management etc) and SEN meetings at local level.
We are determined to help our pupils overcome their barrier to learning so that they do as well as they can.