Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Provision
Our Beliefs and values with regard to SEND
At Joseph Leckie Academy, our vision is to promote inclusion for all students by ensuring access to a broad and balanced curriculum within an environment that nurtures confidence, self-esteem, and independence. All students have skills, talents, and abilities and as an Academy we are committed to making reasonable adjustments to support every learner in achieving their full potential. Our staff and governors work together to create a community where every student feels a genuine sense of belonging. We aim for all students to enjoy their learning, experience success, and contribute meaningfully to Academy life, irrespective of their status.
Objectives
In order to achieve this, Joseph Leckie Academy will:
- Ensure that all students with special educational needs have their needs identified and met. Each student will have a personalised SEND Support Plan which will be reviewed on a termly basis through the graduated approach (Assess, Plan, Do and Review).
- Operate a whole - Academy approach to the management and provision of support for SEND and make effective provision to ensure inclusion.
- Offer full access to a broad, balanced, differentiated and relevant curriculum.
- Achieve maximum inclusion of all children whilst meeting their individual needs by ensuring they have access to Quality First Teaching. Every teacher at the Academy is a teacher of SEND.
- Ensure that the progress of all students with special educational needs is carefully monitored.
- Provide advice and support to all staff working with students with special educational needs students and liaise and work with staff, parents and other agencies to make sure that students with SEND receive appropriate support and high-quality teaching.
- Be a point of contact for external agencies, especially the local authority (LA) and its support services and work with external agencies to make sure that appropriate provision is provided.
For any SEN Enquiries to the Academy, please contact our SEND Team
SENDCo - Mrs Ruth Perry
Assistant SENDCo - Ms Rachael Owen
Designated Teacher for Children in Care - Miss Nafisa Ravat
Safeguarding Lead - Mrs Marie DeRome
SEND Contact Email Address: JLASENDinfo@josephleckieacademy.co.uk
Telephone: 01922 721071 (ext. 2217)
SEND Link Governor - Ms Gemma Coles
SEND Key Documents
To view our SEND Policy please click here.
To view our Academy Accessibility Policy please click here.
To view our SEND Information Report, Click Here.
SEND Local Offer
Please click on the link below corresponding to the Local Authority area in which you reside.
Welcome to Walsall's SEND Local Offer
Find out about help available for children and young people (aged 0-25) with special educational needs and disabilities in Walsall. This is called the Local Offer.
Welcome to Sandwell SEND Local Offer
Please see Sandwell SEND Updates page below for details of the launch of the new short breaks offer
Welcome to Wolverhampton SEND Local Offer
Wolverhampton SEND Local Offer helps parent carers and their children aged 0 to 25 years who have special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) find information and services that can help support them.
SENDIASS
Please click on the link below corresponding to the Local Authority area in which you reside.
Walsall SENDIASS
Free impartial, information, advice and support on Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) for children and their families in the Walsall area
Sandwell SEND IASS
Offering impartial information, advice and support to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
Wolverhampton Information, Advice and Support Service
Impartial information, advice and support on matters relating to a child or young person’s special educational needs or disability from birth to 25 years.
Further Support Services available for parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
YoungMinds – Support with Social, Emotional Mental Health https://www.youngminds.org.uk
Sensory support for adults in Walsall
https://go.walsall.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/help-live-home/sensory-support
National Deaf Childrens Society
https://win.wolverhampton.gov.uk/kb5/wolverhampton/directory/service.page?id=nqcqTAtU3LU
Autism West Midlands
https://www.autismwestmidlands.org.uk/black-country-community-services/
Befriending & Ring Around Service
https://www.walsallbsc.co.uk/services/befriending-and-ring-around-service/