Inclusion at Chaucer Infants
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: Belong, Enjoy, Aim high and Respect. Our school has dedicated and caring staff who have high aspirations for all pupils and create a learning environment that is nurturing, engaging and accessible to all.
Our culture of BEAR means that teaching, learning, assessment and all wider school activities are planned with full consideration of the abilities, needs and strengths of all of our children.
We are proud to offer excellence and choice to all our children, whatever their ability or needs. Chaucer Infant and Nursery school sees the ‘greatness’ in all our pupils and adopts a ‘whole school approach’ to identifying and providing for the needs of all children. We recognise that some children may need additional or different provision for all or some of their time at Chaucer Infant and Nursery School in order to reach their learning potential so we strive to ensure early identification of special educational needs.
Our use of highly personalised provision and adaptations to the school and learning environments ensure that we enable access to all learning opportunities for all children and everyone in our school has the opportunity and access to love learning and love life.
Our Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENDCo)
The SENDCo at Chaucer Infant and Nursery School is Miss Oak-Smith.
Miss Oak-Smith has day to day responsibility for the operation of the ‘SEND Policy’ and the co-ordination of specific provision made to support individual pupils with SEND. Miss Oak-Smith works with professionals providing a support role to families to ensure that pupils with SEND receive appropriate support and high quality teaching.
Miss Oak-Smith can be contacted via email at info@chaucer-inf.derbyshire.sch.uk
The named governors for SEND are Mrs A Harrison and Mrs C Wojtania. They are responsible for making sure that the necessary support is given for any child with SEND who attends the school and can be contacted through school.
Our Special Education Needs Policy outlines who has responsibility for our SEND provision and how this provision is monitored. To view the Special Education Needs Policy, please open the link below.
SEND Information Report
Our SEND Information Report describes what help, support and services are available for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their families in our school and how our SEND provision is implemented. To view our SEND Information Report, please open the link below.
The following links also give furtehr infomation, linked to the SEND Information Report.
Support for parents/carers
DIASS - Derbyshire Information, Advice and Support Service for SEND (formerly Parent Partnership)
Telephone: 01629 533668
Website: https://www.derbyshireiass.co.uk/home.aspx
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/derbyshireiass/
Independent Parental Supporters (Umbrella)
Telephone: 01332 785658
Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity covers many conditions:
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia
Social anxiety
And over 30 other conditions
If you are concerned about your child’s development or your child is currently going through the assessment process, the Derby and Derbyshire Emotional Health and Wellbeing website will give you access to videos, information, advice, website links and strategies to help you and your child.
Please click on the link to access the website: https://derbyandderbyshireemotionalhealthandwellbeing.uk/neurodiversity/neurodiverse-community-ubs-support-for-0-25-years
Community drop-in hubs for neurodiverse young people and children: Four new community neurodiversity drop-in hubs are open across Derbyshire to support children, young people, their families and carers. The aim of the hubs is to help provide early support - without the need for an assessment or diagnosis. The hubs provide a safe and supportive environment where questions can be asked and heard. Click on the link below to find your nearest hub.
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Good mental health is an important part of healthy child development. It helps children build positive social, emotional, behaviour, thinking and communication skills.
The Derby and Derbyshire Emotional Health and Wellbeing website provides advice and links to agencies who can support you and your child.
Please click on the icon to access the website
Sleep
The Sleep charity says:
“Quality sleep is essential for children’s growth and development. A decent night’s sleep will help them do better at school, allow them to react more quickly to situations, have a more developed memory, learn more effectively and solve problems, plus it will make them less susceptible to colds and other minor ailments, less irritable and better behaved”
If your child struggles to get good quality nights sleep, or struggles to get to sleep or wakes up early, then the Sleep Charity may be able to offer you support.
The Sleep Charity are able to offer support with the following:
Children’s sleep problems
Bedtime routines
Bedroom environments
Relaxation tips
Sleep and diet
Night terrors and nightmares
Supporting SEND children
Please click on the icon for further advice and support.
Speech and Language
If you are concerned about your child’s speech and lanaguge development or understanding, please contact our SENDCo, Miss Oak-Smith on 0115 9325629 or email at info@chaucer-inf.derbyshire.sch.uk.
If necessary, we can make a referral to speech and language for further assessment, advice and support.
Please click on the link to access the website for further information.
