Special Educational Needs Curriculum

We at Q3 Academy Tipton believe that each pupil has individual and unique needs. However, we also know that some pupils require more support than others to achieve their potential. 

All pupils will be included and encouraged to fulfil their full potential. We will follow the graduated approach to identify the needs, find the best strategies and review the progress:

• Assess
• Plan
• Do
• Review

All students will access a broad, balanced and ambitious curriculum through quality first teaching, meaning lessons will be adapted to meet individual needs.

For all pupils our brilliant teachers have high expectations that encourage aspirations and boost the students’ confidence. 

For some students a special educational provision that is additional to and different from may be required; this may include support in the classroom, in-house interventions that will target the main areas of need, formal assessments and therapy sessions provided by external agencies.

Children of compulsory school age have a learning difficulty or disability if they have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age and/or have a disability that prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for children of the same age in mainstream school.

Some children will enter our school with SEND provision already in place. In these cases, staff will have liaised with parents, previous settings or external agencies, to ensure a smooth transition into the new educational setting, together with the support required.

For all pupils, learning progress will be constantly monitored through a variety of assessment opportunities to ensure age expected levels are being achieved.