Inclusivity
Interventions
Below is a list of the interventions we offer*:
*These interventions are put in place as and when appropriate in relation to each individual student’s needs.
- 1:1 Medical Support
- 1:1 Mentoring
- ASC Girls Group
- Bereavement Counselling
- Counselling
- Daily Check-ins
- Dog Therapy
- Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA)
- Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)
- Exam Vocabulary
- Fortis Outreach Support
- Friendship Group
- Handwriting
- Homework
- International Dyslexia Learning
- Lego Therapy
- Meet and Greet
- Numeracy
- Origami
- Reading comprehension and phonics
- Sensory Circuits
- Sensory Room
- Social Skills
- Social Time Library Pass
- Social Use of Language Programme (SULP)
- Speech & Language
- Talkabout
- Touch Typing
- Wellbeing Wednesday Lunch
- Zones of Regulation
Classroom Support
ADHD
- Sensory circuits
- Movement breaks between every lessons
- Fidget aid
- Doodlepad
- Seating plans considered carefully for adult supervision
- Wobble cushion
ASD
- Clear, unambiguous language with no more than two step instructions
- Students addressed by name
- Now and Next board
- Changes to timetable or routine given in advance wherever possible
- Seating plans considered carefully for adult supervision
- Girls’ Group
Cerebral Palsy
- Lift key to access the lift
- Assistance with changing for PE
- Physiotherapy sessions delivered under guidance from physiotherapists
- Chromebooks to reduce handwriting fatigue
- Adapted furniture
Dyslexia
- Speech to text / voice type speaker notes on Chromebook
- Tinted screens / visors on Chromebooks
- Zoom and change font function on Chromebooks
- Coloured exercise books or paper, where recommended by a professional report
- Pre-populated information documents to reduce unnecessary writing
- Word banks / vocabulary sheets / knowledge organisers
- Opportunities for verbal feedback, reading aloud only if student is confident
- Coloured overlays for books
- Colour coding of information
- Seating plans considered carefully for adult supervision with live marking for literacy
Dyspraxia
- Chromebook systems and routines support organisation
- Colour coding of information
- Handwriting club
- Sensory circuits
- Touch typing Intervention
Irlens Syndrome
- Coloured visor on Chromebook
- Coloured glasses, if prescribed and bought by parents
- Coloured paper for tests and assessments
- Coloured exercise books
Moderate Learning Difficulties (e.g. slow processing speeds)
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Lessons on Chromebooks so students can move through at their own pace
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Access to Google Classroom at any time to review prior and pre-learning
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Knowledge Organisers for reference of key terms
- Seating plans considered carefully for adult supervision
- Numeracy Intervention
- Reading Intervention
- Handwriting Intervention
- Touch Typing Intervention
Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)
- Priority access to library at break and lunch
- Wellbeing Wednesday Lunch
- Emotional Literacy Support (ELSA)
- School Counsellor
- Dog Mentoring
- Friendship Workshops
- Lego Therapy Intervention
- Social Skills Intervention
- Seating plans considered carefullyfor adult supervision
- Alumina – Self Harm Intervention
Diversity
Diversity is valued as a rich resource, which supports the learning of all. The academy recognises every student’s right to a broad, balanced, and challenging curriculum, which is reflective of our local community and exposes them to vibrant cultures from around the world.