SEND

For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Mrs Zartasha Hughes and I lead on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision at Golcar JIN school.  You can contact me at office@golcarjin.com.  If you are thinking of applying for a place at our school, and your child has additional needs, please get in touch and we can help you to discover all the adjustments we can make for your child.  Children with an Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) get priority admission to the school.  Please see our admissions page or speak with the SEN team who are managing your plan.  We can support your child’s needs and have an accessibility plan which you can view on the accessibility web page.

My role involves working closely with parents, teachers, health services and a range of outside agencies to ensure that children needing additional support make progress and reach their potential. I work closely with parents/carers, providing them with information and ensuring they feel involved in making decisions about their child’s education.

I ensure that additional provision is in place for those who need it and monitor the impact of this to ensure all children are making progress and achieving to their full potential. Sometimes the support required may be short term, allowing children to close any gaps in their learning so that they can keep pace with the rest of the class. Whilst other children may require long term support due to their medical, developmental or emotional needs.

All of our school staff team support pupils with individual needs whether it be the admin team arranging and confirming meetings with parents and professionals, lunchtime supervisors adapting lunch breaks to suit the needs of pupils in their care or teaching and non-teaching staff planning, implementing and reviewing provision. Our SEND team extends well beyond our staff to include professionals such as school nurses, emotional well-being support workers, occupational therapists, speech, language and communication therapists, outreach workers, educational psychologists and the SEN commissioning team.

There are other specialists in our SEND team and these include:

Mr Andrew Beech   Behaviour and Inclusion Worker

Mrs Sally McVeigh and Mrs Rachel Hughes  Educational Literacy Support Assistants (ELSA’s)

If you have any other questions about SEND provision, please contact the office and I will get back to you as soon as possible.