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Highgrove Education – Highgrove Online School

SEND Support

Pupils with Special Educational Needs and/or disabilities (SEND), including those with dyslexia, ADHD, autism, visual impairment, anxiety, anorexia, and more, are warmly welcome at Highgrove Education. 
 
Our flexible and personalised approach to learning is well-suited to meet their unique needs, whether they have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan or specific learning requirements. We offer full and part-time Key Stage 3 education, GCSEs, A-levels, super-curricular activities, and the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), providing a comprehensive education that helps pupils achieve their academic ambitions and thrive.
 
With caring, one-to-one support and a tailored curriculum, students can succeed at their own pace.
Online SEND Courses
 
During the admission process, our SENDCo, Aminah Hussen, meets with families to discuss their individual needs to ensure that our school can appropriately support and accommodate them, and help them flourish.

At the start of the school, our SENDCo draws up an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) for pupils with SEND in consultation with the pupil and their family.
ILPs and the individual learning strategies and interventions are securely shared with the child’s teachers so that any accommodations required during classes or tests are put in place.

The SENDCo meets with every pupil with SEND on a regular basis to ensure that their needs are being met, and updates the ILP to proscribe additional interventions if necessary.

Each week, during the school’s senior leadership team Pastoral Committee meeting, the SENDCo discusses any concerns about a pupil with SEND that may have come to their attention and also notifies the pastoral team of any material ILP changes.

The SENDCo also works with our examinations team to ensure that all formally approved ‘access arrangements’ are shared in advance with the Pearson Edexcel International examination centre.

We offer online assessments for a range of special educational needs, and referrals in the case of needs which cannot be assessed by our SENDCo online.