The Learning Support

The Learning Support department has four teaching staff, five learning support assistants, a resources coordinator for the visually impaired and part time administrative support.

What are additional needs?

Some students find it especially difficult learning to read, write, spell, do maths or behave appropriately. These students have an additional need.

Resources

The department is well resourced with a wide range of resources to work with students at a variety of levels. There are computers available in all three of the teaching rooms.

Who gets extra support?

Some pupils are already identified as having an additional need through a

Statement of Special Educational Need, through primary school records or through the assessment process that takes place in college each October or when they join.

Rooms

There are three teaching rooms, a small office area, two resources areas and a resources area for use by the coordinator for the visually impaired.

What sort of help is available?

Statemented pupils will be usually supported in class by a learning support assistant or sometimes a teacher and she will may also be taught on a one to one basis by a learning support teacher.

KS3

Students in years 7 to 9 maybe withdrawn to work with a learning support teacher for up to two lessons per week to work on improving their literacy.

Pupils in year 7 who achieved a level three for their English KS 2 SATs will be withdrawn to work on Literacy Progress Units for one lesson a week for a year and 1 term to improve that level.

Some pupils who need intensive support in literacy can be withdrawn up to four times a week to do our precision teaching programme.

KS4

In years, 10 and 11 Curriculum Support is offered to students who would benefit from extra support to complete homework and coursework.

There are alternative course to GCSE offered and Learning Support teachers teach some of these.