Assess

Assessment is used to monitor and track individual progress. For pupils with cognition and learning difficulties who are working significantly below the level of their peers, the Birmingham SEN Toolkits are used to measure progress.

To build a clear picture of each child’s strengths and barriers to learning, we draw on a range of information. This includes teacher assessments, previous and current school data, national benchmarks, and input from both parents and the child.

We use pre- and post-assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of additional interventions, ensuring they are well matched to the child’s needs. Provision is regularly reviewed to make sure barriers to learning are removed and that pupils continue to make progress.

Where the school feels that further assessment is needed, this will always be discussed with parents or carers, and consent will be sought before any additional assessment is carried out.

Plan

In the first instance, the class teacher identifies agreed actions following assessment. This process may also involve the SENCO and support staff. Agreed actions may include specific targets, strategies, provision, and timescales for monitoring progress.

Parents or carers are informed and provided with information about strategies or resources that can also be used to support the child at home.

Do

The class teacher remains responsible for the child’s learning on a daily basis. This responsibility continues even if additional interventions involve small-group or one-to-one sessions outside of the classroom.

Class teachers work closely with the SENCO and teaching assistants to deliver support, monitor impact, and ensure that interventions are meaningfully linked to classroom teaching.

Review

The class teacher, supported where appropriate by the SENCO and teaching assistants, reviews each child’s progress regularly to check that provision is effective and that progress is being made. Where necessary, provision is adapted to meet the child’s needs more effectively.

Parents or carers, along with the child, are actively involved in these reviews and are consulted about any changes to the agreed actions.