SEND

SEND and LAC contacts at Vane Road Primary

​SEND

The following are the main contacts for Special Educational Needs and Disability :

Mr Kieran Pavey is the  Executive Head Teacher

Mrs Helen Collingwood is our designated SEND Governor

Miss Rachel Wren is our Deputy Head Teacher 

Mr Alastair Logan is our SENDCo

It is the SENDCO’s job to:

1. Oversee the day-to-day operation of the school’s SEND policy.

2. Liaise with or be the Designated Teacher where a looked after pupil has SEND.

3. Advise teachers on using a graduated approach to providing SEND support.

4. Advise on the deployment of the school’s delegated budget and other resources to meet the pupil’s needs effectively.

5. Liaise with parents/carers of pupils with SEND.

6. Liaise with and be a key point of contact for external agencies.

7. Ensure that the school keeps the records of all SEND pupils up to date.

8. Work with the Head teacher and School Governors to ensure that the school meets its responsibilities with regard to reasonable adjustments and access arrangements.

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Looked After Children (LAC)

Our designated teachers for Looked After Children are:

Mr.  Kieran Pavey - Executive Head Teacher.

Mrs Gemma Sim - Head of School - Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

Miss Rachel Wren - Deputy Head Teacher and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)

Mr Lee Grady - Pastoral Manager - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL).

The Looked After Children Governor is Mrs Melanie Stubbs.

Supporting children and young people who are looked after by the local authority and have SEND.

Looked after children (LAC) are one of the most vulnerable groups in society and it is nationally recognised that there is a considerable educational underachievement when compared to their peers.  The majority of children who come into care are there because of abuse or neglect, domestic violence or parents' addiction issues. As a school we recognise that outcomes nationally for looked after children fall well below national averages and we understand and support the government agenda to address this disparity.  We aim to give looked after children within our school the best opportunities and support to be safe and healthy, to achieve in education and their career and enable them to play an active role in their community.

 We will monitor and track the achievement and attainment of all looked after children at regular intervals and will provide the Local Authority with termly information in line with the Virtual School pupil tracking system.

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Feedback, compliments and complaints

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We work hard to ensure we meet the needs of our children who have a specific need and compliments are always greatly received.  These can be passed on either directly to staff and the SENCO, or formally recorded via our questionnaires to parents or in the form of a letter to the Head Teacher.  These positive comments will be published on this area of our school website.

We hope that complaints about our SEND provision will be rare, however, if there should be a concern the process outlined in the school Complaints Policy should be followed.

Please see school complaints procedure in our Policies section.

or alternatively contact SEND IAS, please see link below:

Link to Durham SEND Information, Advice and Support Service

To contact Mr Logan  or to give us a feedback regarding our SEND practice please call the school on 01325300380.

You can also contact them by using the link below:

School contact 

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Key Policies

The most important policies for parents of children with SEND are listed in the policies section of the website.

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Admissions

Please see our admissions page.