Welcome to our SEND section of the website.

SEND Team

Ms Chowdhri - SENDCo

Mrs Georgy - ARP/SEND Teacher

Ms White - SEND Teaching Assistant

Mrs Nodes - SEND Teaching Assistant

Miss Fields - SEND Teaching Assistant

Mrs Jones - SEND Admin

Mrs Rycroft - Specialist Teacher -Dyslexia

SEND at WH

William Harding School is a large school serving the needs of children in the surrounding area; we are an Inclusive school offering a broad and balanced education. We have two Additional Resourced Provisions (ARP) for Speech and Language and Physical Needs for children in Reception up until Year 6. At William Harding School, we strive to support all children in their learning in order to enable them to achieve their full potential. Quality first teaching is essential in ensuring all children progress, however some children will require additional support to achieve this.

At William Harding School, we are committed to providing appropriate and high-quality education for pupils so that all can achieve their potential. By providing the support, encouragement and challenge needed, we create a happy, caring and inclusive environment that promotes learning for all.

Equal importance is placed on academic achievement, through a stimulating, broad and balanced curriculum, and enrichment and personal development curriculum. We respect the unique contribution every individual can make to our school community with every teacher being a teacher for every pupil. Caring for the well-being of all pupils, including those with Special Educational Needs and Learning Difficulties and Disabilities, is fundamental to the school’s ethos.

For more information on our contribution to the Local Offer click here.

For more information on the Buckinghamshire Council Local Offer click here.

SEND Annual Report (Information Report)

All mainstream schools and nursery schools are required by law to produce a Special Educational Needs Report on an annual basis, Special Educational Needs and Disability (Information) Regulations Clause 65 and to make their Special Educational Needs and Disability Report available on their website.

Our Annual Report is part of our SEN Policy. Please click here to view it.

Admissions Information

The admission arrangements for children with SEND follow the Buckinghamshire Council admission arrangements, as we are a school maintained by the local authority. Careful identification is made at the admission stage of any individual needs, ensuring continuity of support and a graduated approach.

For children accessing the ARP, this will need to be stated in their EHCP. For any child with an EHCP that we feel would benefit from the ARP, this can be addressed at the Annual Review.

More information can be seen in our SEND Policy and Accessibility Policy.

Click here to be linked to our general admissions page.

Accessibility Information and Equality Information

Our school aims to treat all its pupils fairly and with respect and take steps to prevent disabled pupils from being treated less favourably than other pupils. This involves providing access and equal opportunities for all pupils without discrimination of any kind.

We aim to:

· Increase the extent to which disabled pupils can participate in the curriculum

· Improve the physical environment of the school to enable disabled pupils to take better advantage of education, benefits, facilities and services provided

· Improve the availability of accessible information to disabled pupils.

At William Harding, we ensure all staff have a consistent approach to offering high quality provision for all pupils supported by an ongoing CPD programme. This ensures all disabled pupils can participate in the curriculum as all staff are able to differentiate to need and understand each pupil as an individual.

This high quality provision includes quality first teaching, but also bespoke interventions focused on pupils need, using external agencies and professionals where needed.

Our school values are Inclusion, Respect, Responsibility, Perseverance, Honesty and Collaboration and our school motto is ‘Aim high, Work hard and Be kind’. All pupils and staff are taught these and embody them throughout school life which promotes a high level of equal opportunity for all.

The physical environment of the school and our facilities support disabled pupils in many ways such as a single-story layout and accessible toilets to name a few. Our pupils with SEND needs will have relevant arrangements put in place to meet their unique needs. We regularly audit the physical environment to identify any improvements that need to be made as we strive for the highest standard.

Depending upon the specific need, alternative forms of information will be provided for pupils as appropriate; this is supported by access arrangements.

For more information please see our Equalities page and Accessibility Policy.