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All students are entitled to a quality of provision that will enable them to achieve their potential.
We believe in positive intervention – removing barriers to learning, raising expectations and levels of achievement and working in partnership with other agencies in order to provide a positive educational experience for all of our students including those with a special educational need and/or disability.
Our school recognises there are particular groups of students whose circumstances require additional consideration by those who work with them. All staff working within Unity City Academy will strive to make reasonable adjustments to ensure your child can access all aspects of academy life.
As well as Quality First Teaching and Learning, the Academy has a number of provisions to help meet the broad needs of our students which include social, emotional and mental health difficulties, cognition and learning difficulties, communication and interaction difficulties and those with physical and sensory needs. These provisions include The Retreat, The Literacy Lodge and a High Needs Learning Base for those students with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) that is accessed through Local Education Authority (LEA) application.
The wellbeing, social and character development of our students is underpinned by everything we do - we have a therapy dog that visits us regularly, ‘Honey Rouse’ and she is a much loved member of our SEND department!
In order to help establish the excellent practices we pride ourselves on, we have to work closely with families. If you are the parent or guardian of a child with special educational needs and are considering Unity City Academy as your school of choice please contact us to discuss your child’s learning needs.
Middlesbrough (SEND) Local Offer: The Local Offer is a new way of giving children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and their parents or carers information about what activities, resources, provisions and support is available in the area where you live.
SENDIASS: Exclusively for Middlesbrough, MAIN provides the SEND Information, Advice and Support Service. This is free, impartial help for children and young people with SEN and/or Disabilities, and for their parents.
Exam Help and Support - Access Arrangements
Exam Help and Support - Access Arrangements
As each student enters a very important time at the Academy, they have the offer of help and support they can receive during future examinations. Through screening students as well as working closely with teaching staff, we are able to identify and assess students who may be at a disadvantage when sitting exams regardless of prognosis or diagnosis.
The Academy is committed to providing equal opportunities for all students. Where students have a need which prevents them from accessing examinations, provision will be made. This help and additional support is known as ‘Access Arrangements.’
The access arrangements available to students include, most commonly:
25% additional time
Scribe or word processor
Reader or computer reader
Students may be granted one or more of these depending on their needs following guidance and regulation laid down by examination boards and the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ). Their website address for your perusal is www.jcq.org.uk
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