How we support SEN

In this section you will learn about:

• How students are identified as requiring extra support

• How we fit the support into the curriculum

• Examples of how we quickly improve students fluency in reading

How students are identified as requiring extra support

Students are quickly identified as requiring intensive support with their reading. If a student scores low on their reading KS2 Scaled Scores, then we will ensure they have access to extra support. 

How we fit the support into the curriculum

We strongly believe that being able to read with fluency and confidence is a right every student should have, and one that we allocate much time and resources to achieve.

This support will take place in the Learning Support area, where we will arrange small group and one-to-one sessions. Students will normally come out of French lessons for this support. This may be for a few weeks, months, or the whole of Y7. We feel that if students are struggling to read fluently, then a new language can cause greater confusion - until their fluency has improved.

Examples of how we quickly improve students fluency in reading

These sessions will focus much more on how to decode words, breaking them down into smaller sounds (phonemes). This will build on the phonics support that primary schools will already have given.