The Oaks Primary School

Support for people with disabilities

Access Suffolk

Experience of including people with special educational needs and disabilities

This page forms The Oaks’ contribution to the Local Offer for Suffolk.

 School name
The Oaks Primary School
Type of school
Primary. We offer targeted support for all areas of the curriculum and all special educational needs. We have extensive provision to support speech and language, behaviour, nurture, English and Maths.
Accessibility
We are fully wheelchair accessible.
Core offer
Dancing Bears and Bearing Away interventions are in place consistently across the school. We offer bespoke intervention for all children working significantly below age related expectations.
Policies
SEN, Safeguarding, Behaviour and Equality & Diversity policies are available on request or through our website.
We are familiar with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the Equality Act 2010.
Range of provision
Areas of strength
Speech and language provision – we work with external agencies to provide targeted support.
Specialist facilities/equipment to support SEND
Disabled toilet, writing slopes, overlays and pencil grips
Input from therapists/advisory teachers/other specialist support services
We have a speech and language therapist and a number of Elklan trained staff.
We employ 2 pupil and family support workers who offer advice and help on a range of issues.
We have access to educational psychologists and a range of specialist teachers via Suffolk County Council.
We offer both a breakfast club and after school club. 
Lessons are as inclusive as possible, with adjustments made depending on need. Children with disabilities are included on all school visits and residentials.
Parent support/liaison
Children with SEND and their families work closely with the SEND teacher, Pupil and Family Support team and outside agencies. All children with SEND are monitored closely by their class teacher and the SENDCo on an ongoing basis. HCPs are working documents and are shared with parents and home/school contact books are in place.
We hold parents’ evenings in the Autumn and Summer Terms, and provide a written report at the beginning of the Summer Term.
Parents are invited into school regularly for a range of events.
Other information
A range of reading interventions including precision teaching 1:1 interventions, small group phonics sessions and small group tuition. To support those with social, emotional and mental health needs we have art therapy, counselling sessions, nurture group and CISS (County Inclusive Support Service). We also run a number of bespoke interventions for Maths and English based on specific needs of the children at The Oaks. Our speech and language provision includes qualified therapists and ELKLAN trained LSAs.
Completed by
Philip Palmer and Jeremy Pentreath (Headteachers)

Date completed
February 2022

 

Linked team for Statutory Assessment and EHCPs: 

Ipswich South and West Family Services (email: SENDSS@suffolk.gov.uk)

 

Contact

Mr K Hunter

Telephone

01473 684994

Email

admin@theoaksprimary.co.uk

Links

www.theoaksprimary.co.uk
SEND information
SEND policy

Conditions Supported

Autistic spectrum conditions
Communication difficulties
Health conditions
Learning difficulties
Mental health conditions
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairments

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