6. What are the different types of support available for children with SEND at UTC Warrington?
Subject teacher input via excellent targeted classroom teaching also known as ‘Quality First Teaching’.
For your child, this would mean:
- That the teacher has the highest possible expectations for your child and all students in their class.
- That all teaching is based on building on what your child already knows, can do and can understand.
- Different ways of teaching are in place so that your child is fully involved in learning in class. This may involve things like using more practical learning.
- Specific strategies (which may be suggested by the SENDCO or outside staff) are in place to support your child’s learning.
- Your child’s subject teacher will have carefully checked on their progress and will have decided that your child has gaps in their understanding/learning and needs some extra support to help them make the best possible progress.
All students at UTC Warrington should receive the following as part of excellent classroom practice when needed:
Specific Small Group Intervention
- Run in the classroom or outside.
- Run by a teacher or most often a Leaning Support Assistant who has had training to run these groups.
Specialist Groups or Individual support run by outside agencies
- Students will be identified by UTC Warrington as needing some extra specialist support from a professional from outside of the college. This may be from the Local Authority central services such as the Communication and Interaction Specialist Teacher Support.
For your child, this would mean:
- Your child will have been identified by the college as needing more specialist input instead of or in addition to quality first teaching and intervention groups.
- You will be asked to come to a meeting to discuss your child’s progress and help plan possible ways forward.
- You may be asked to give your permission for the college to refer your child to a specialist professional e.g. CAHMS or Educational Psychologist. This will help us and yourself understand your child’s particular needs in greater depth and the ability to provide the support they need in college.
- The specialist will work with your child to understand their needs and make recommendations, which may include:
- Making changes to the way your child is supported in class e.g. some individual support or changing some aspects of teaching to support them better.
- Support to set better targets which will include their specific expertise.
Specified Individual support
This is usually provided via an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC Plan). This means your child will have been identified as needing a particularly high level of intervention, which cannot be provided from the budget available to the college.
This may include:
- Specialist support in college from a professional outside the college.
- A Personalised Learning Programme that meets the needs of your child.
This type of support is available for children whose learning needs are:
- Severe, complex and lifelong.