Our school SENCo is Mrs Hazel Popel. She can be contacted on 01454 867090 or by email hazel.popel@barleyclose.org.uk

She works Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning

Mrs Popel is supported by our SEND Governor, Mrs Sarah Lines.

SEND and inclusion at Barley Close

At Barley Close we recognise that sometimes children may need a bit more support to access a broad and balanced curriculum in school. This could be for various reasons including cognition and learning, social, emotional and mental health, sensory and physical or communication and interaction needs. For some children these needs may require additional to or different from support, as detailed in the SEND Code of Practice.

The SEND Register and Assess, Plan, Do, Review
When barriers to learning have been identified by teachers it may be appropriate for a child to be placed on our SEND register after discussion with the SENCO and parents. In these cases, a support plan will be produced with parents focusing on achievable targets. These will be reviewed three times per year (See SEND Flow chart).

Working with External Agencies

At Barley Close we work closely with Educational Psychologists, the Inclusion Support Service and other external professionals. We also have the services of a Speech and Language Therapist once a week. If we feel that a child could benefit from support from an external agency we will discuss with parents and seek consent prior to a visit.

South Glos Parent Carers

South Glos Parent Carers is an organisation founded by parents of children with SEND within our local area. They provide advice and support to foster parent / carer wellbeing.

As a school, we can refer parents to SGPC for individual support and once permission is given, this support can be delivered via email, call or face - to - face.

This organisation works alongside parent / carers to provide support and strategies in a number of different ways, for example:

- children with emerging needs,

- a child's needs present differently at home or school

- a child needs support with emotional based school avoidance (EBSA)

- supporting the Early Help and Prevention Process (EHAP)

Links to support: ADHD

Links to support: TOILETING