At Brampton Primary School, we provide an inclusive education where different and diverse pupils learn alongside each other in the same classroom. We ensure that teaching and learning is tailored to meet the individual needs of our pupils either through the school (national) curriculum or a developmental (Equals) curriculum. We ensure that the curriculum is purposeful and meets the learning needs of each pupil. This means that some our pupils with SEND may require lessons that are differentiated or personalised at their stage of learning not age or year group. The Equals curriculum is a developmental curriculum which impresses on teachers to constantly ask the following questions:
(i) Why am I teaching what I’m teaching?
(ii) What am I trying to achieve?
(iii) Am I making a difference?
Most of the children with SEN at Brampton are educated alongside their peers in their mainstream classrooms. In class provisions, such as speech and language (colourful semantics), occupational therapy (fine motor skills and handwriting ideas) and social and emotional resources (Zones of Regulation) are used to support some of our pupils.
Additional specialist interventions are in place for pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia and general literacy and language difficulties. This is overseen and managed by a specialist teacher.
The needs of pupils who have been identified as having SEN are constantly monitored by class teachers and specialist teachers. A learning support plan (LSP) is generated when a pupil begins to access provisions that are different from, and in addition to, what their peers are accessing. Personalised targets are written under the four broad areas of need; Cognition and Learning, Communication and Interaction, Social Emotional and Mental Health and Sensory and Physical (according to 2015 SEND Code of Practice). Targets are informed by recommendations from professionals and conversations with parents. Some pupils require targets under all four areas of need while others may only require targets under one or two areas.
For some our pupils who access the Equals curriculum, our specialist PMLD resource provision classroom and ASD classrooms are set up to meet their unique needs. The Equals curriculum scheme of work allows for personalisation while still recognising that broad elements of each curriculum will broadly fit the learning needs of our pupils.
We use positive reinforcement to support behaviour and ensure that our pupils have opportunities to reflect on their behaviour and make positive choices.
