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Park Community Academy
Mainstream Support Service Revised 2/19
“Supporting teachers to develop inclusive practice for the future across Blackpool and the Fylde Coast”
!"We grow together, we learn together, we will achieve our best together"
Content
1. What is this service?
2. What are our aims?
3. What does our service offer?
4. Who can access the service?
5. The request process
6. Support agreement
7. Contact Details
1 – What is the Mainstream Support Service?
Supporting schools in Blackpool to develop inclusive practice for children with SEND Park Community Academy mainstream support service is delivered through Blackpool Teaching School Alliance to provide support to SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants in mainstream settings who are working with pupils with Moderate to Severe Learning Difficulties, Specific Learning Difficulties, Complex Learning Difficulties associated with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and speech and language difficulties.
Our agreed role is to contribute towards: • To support schools to develop effective strategic leadership of SEND. • Informal assessments of children with Moderate to Severe Learning
Difficulties, Specific Learning Difficulties and Complex Learning Difficulties and advice on future appropriate assessments.
• Advice on teaching and learning strategies to SENCOs and teachers regarding support for children with Moderate to Severe Learning Difficulties, Specific Learning Difficulties and Complex Learning Difficulties
• Advice and support on the implementation of tracking and assessment systems for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) to demonstrate pupil progress.
• Staff training for teachers and support staff. • Whole school effective differentiation / teaching and learning strategies. • The efficient use of resources.
2 – What are our aims?
Our aims are: • To support mainstream schools to improve outcomes for all
children with SEND and further develop inclusive practice. • To provide a wide menu of support to colleagues in mainstream settings
who are working with pupils with SEND. • To support mainstream settings in helping pupils with SEND to achieve
their full potential. • To support SENCOs to develop a strategic leadership role.
3 – What does our service offer?
Support may be provided through: • Park Community Academy staff provide coaching for new SENCOs. • Park Community Academy provide whole school SEND audit review. • Park Community Academy staff visiting mainstream settings to observe
pupils, talk to staff, offer advice. • Mainstream colleagues spending time in Park Community Academy
observing working alongside staff and assessing the suitability of resources.
• Training packages delivered to mainstream schools by Park Community Academy staff. These include: -
- Teaching styles, differentiation, planning and curriculum development.
- Tracking pupil progress, assessment and target setting (B Squared, CASPA).
- Developing the skills and knowledge of SSAs working with pupils with SEND.
- The deployment and management of SSAs working with pupils with SEND.
- Risk management for individual pupils with SEND. - The management of medical needs in school. - Behaviour management at a range of levels, including positive
handling (Team Teach at an additional cost). - Working with families and external agencies. - Early intervention strategies, e.g. dyslexia, SpLD, SALT,
communication. - Developing policies and strategies to support children with self-
care skills.
4 - Who can access the service?
This service is available free of charge to all BTSA colleagues working with pupils aged between 4-19 years with moderate to severe and complex learning needs. Schools who are not members of the BTSA can also buy this service in at a cost of £175 (full day) or £100 (half day). We also offer positive handling training (Team Teach). This is available to all Blackpool schools for an additional charge of £100 per delegate. For further information on this contact [email protected]
5 – The Request Process
1. A school or setting can make a request for Park Community Academy support by completing a referral form and emailing it to - [email protected] A copy of the referral form can be found on the BTSA website.
If the support is for an individual pupil, please also ensure that you have discussed the referral with parents/carers at this stage and have their agreement for it to occur.
2. On receipt of the referral you will be contacted by a member of Park Community Academy staff to confirm the appropriate support arrangements.
3. Following Park Community Academy input and advice we will complete a detailed report of the support provided and next steps. This will be sent to the mainstream school or setting. The school may then share this report with parents/carers if they feel it is appropriate to do so. If there is a request being made for statutory assessment at a later date the report should be included in the evidence.
However please note it is not our role to make recommendations about the future placement or provision for the young person.
6 – A Support Agreement
Park Community Academy will –
• Provide a rapid response to all requests for support. • Aim to enhance mainstream expertise and confidentiality by sharing
good practice. • Provide an open door policy to our colleagues in mainstream settings. • Carry out ongoing monitoring and evaluations of our service to ensure
we are providing a high quality of service.
The mainstream setting will –
• Complete the referral form providing as much detail as possible. • Be available to speak to the mainstream support worker during a visit. • Inform Park Community Academy asap if a child or the member of staff
is absent so that support time can be allocated to another school. • Discuss the referral with parents and share information as appropriate. • Complete an evaluation form for our service to help us in our ongoing
monitoring.
7– Contact Details
For all enquiries please contact: Gillian Bruce Mainstream Support Lead for Blackpool Teaching School Alliance
Park Community Academy 158 Whitegate Drive Blackpool Lancashire FY3 9HF
01253 764130 07960 029695
REFERRAL TO BLACKPOOL TEACHING SCHOOL ALLIANCE REQUEST FOR ADVICE RE SUPPORTING SEND IN THE MAINSTREAM SETTING
Please complete all sections fully to ensure that the referral can be accepted
Child’s Details
School Details
Referral Details
Blackpool Teaching School Alliance -“Every child in a great school!”
“Supporting teachers to develop inclusive practice for the future across Blackpool and the Fylde Coast”
Name of Child: DOB: Year:
Parent/Carer Names: Address & Contact Numbers:
Date parental agreement obtained:
Parents involvement to date:
Current School:
Previous school(s)
SENCO: Class Teacher: Head Teacher:
Referral made by: Date:
Does the child have an EHCP? Is the Child Looked After?
Any other multi-agency involvement?
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Other Services/Therapists Involvement
Signed: Role in school:
Signed: Headteacher
Headteacher: K Berry Deputy Headteacher: G Hughes 158 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool FY3 9HF
Telephone: (01253) 764130, Fax: (01253) 600670 Email Address: [email protected]
Blackpool Teaching School Alliance -“Every child in a great school!”
“Supporting teachers to develop inclusive practice for the future across Blackpool and the Fylde Coast”
Name:
Role:
Contact details:
Name: Role :
Contact details:
Please attach any relevant reports supporting this referral, e.g. EP Report, Medical Advice, ’Plan Do’ Review Cycle
Please detail your reason for referral:
What has been done so far to support this pupil? (Chronology/provision map may be attached if appropriate.)
Please detail what you anticipate advice from this service will achieve?
Park Community Academy advice
�"We grow together, we learn together, we will achieve our best together"
Headteacher: K Berry Deputy Headteacher: G Hughes158 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool FY3 9HFTelephone: (01253) 764130, Fax: (01253) 600670 Email Address: [email protected]
Blackpool Teaching School Alliance -“Every child in a great school!”
“Supporting teachers to develop inclusive practice for the future across Blackpool and the Fylde Coast”
Date of visit: Total time spent (including completing report)
NAME OF PUPIL(S): K.S: Yr: DoB:
SCHOOL: Class teacher: Senco:
VISIT No:
Name of teacher giving advice: Other agencies involved
Visit reason / Initial discussion points
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Pupil observation
PCA advice
Next steps
Mainstream Support Evaluation Form
1. Please highlight which of the service types you have used:
Child observation Training Session SEND review
Visit to PCA Meeting with staff at PCA
Other (please state):
2. Overall how would you judge the support you have received:
Outstanding Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
3. If you have received child observations please provide their name(s):
4. Was the advice/support given useful? If yes please give examples:
5. Following our support do you/ your school now feel you have greater confidence in
supporting this pupil/ SEND within your setting?
6. What are your next steps re this pupil/ re in your setting?
7. Would you like any further support?
8. Do you feel that there are any ways in which we can improve our mainstream
support offer?
Form completed by: Role: Date:
!"We grow together, we learn together, we will achieve our best together"
Headteacher: K Berry Deputy Headteacher: G Hughes158 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool FY3 9HFTelephone: (01253) 764130, Fax: (01253) 600670 Email Address: [email protected]
Blackpool Teaching School Alliance -“Every child in a great school!”
“Supporting teachers to develop inclusive practice for the future across Blackpool and the Fylde Coast”
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“Supporting teachers to develop inclusive practice for the future across Blackpool
and the Fylde Coast”