At Spire Junior School, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive school - it is, after all, one of our SPIRE values! Therefore, our staff work hard to ensure that all children get the support and resources they need to thrive - be that in the classroom or in our wider school community.

The staff and governors of Spire Junior School aim to provide a broad and balanced curriculum for all children; that includes setting suitable learning challenges, responding to pupils’ diverse learning needs and overcoming potential barriers to learning and assessments.

Some of Cognition and Learning interventions include:

• Box-work
• Phonics groups
• Pre-teaching 
• Handwriting support
• Intervention groups
• Sensory Story
• Memory Games

Some of our Social, Emotional and Mental Health interventions include:

• Positive Play
• Access to our Rainbow Room
• Nurture
• Emotional Literacy Support 
• Anxiety Gremlins and Anger Gremlins
• Self-Esteem work
• Think Good, Feel Good work
• Lego Therapy
• Forest schools

Some of our Physical and Sensory interventions include:

• Forest Schools
• Outdoor Education
• Sensory Story
• Access to sensory bags and boxes
• Sensory Circuits

Some of our Communication and Interaction interventions include:

• Speech and Language interventions, supported by SALT
• Sensory Stories
• Use of Widgit
• Talk Boost intervention
• Lego Therapy
• Visual aids and images
• Visual timetables
• British Sign Language

This list is not exhaustive. We equally appreciate that some of the interventions listed above fall into more than one of the four areas of Special Educational Need.

The Governing Body and teaching staff will do their best to ensure that the necessary provision is made for any pupil who has SEND (Special Educational Needs or Disability) and ensure that, where the Headteacher or the appropriate governor has been informed by the LA (Local Authority) that a pupil has SEND, those needs will be made known to all who are likely to teach them.

Our SEND Co-ordinator is Miss Leah Sharman. If you have any SEND concerns or enquiries please do not hesitate to contact Miss Sharman via the school office or enquiries email address / contact form on the website.  

Our nominated Governor for SEND is Mrs Leanne Asher.

 

Derbyshire SEND Local Offer

“Helping and supporting children & young people with special educational needs and disabilities to be more confident in their communities and live independently.

 

The Derbyshire Local Offer is in place to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), as well as their parents and carers. It provides clear information about available services and provision, including how to apply for an assessment, early years support, education and learning, care services, preparing for adulthood, health and wellbeing, financial support and travel and transport. The Derbyshire Local Offer contains useful resources for families. The Local Offer includes a directory of local SEND services, support groups, and activities, empowering families to make informed decisions and enhance the quality of life for children and young people with SEND in Derbyshire.
 

Education and learning - Derbyshire Local Offer 

SEND service contact details - Derbyshire Local Offer

Links to Important Derbyshire Local Offer Information

The Derbyshire Local Offer has sections dedicated to specific information. Please see the following list of sections, including their hyperlinks. You may choose to publish these in internal staff resources, or in relevant locations on your website. Please publish links as displayed below in bold with hyperlinks applied. These links do not change.

Derbyshire Local Offer – Home
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/home.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Early Years
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/early-years/early-years-sen.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Education and Learning
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/education-and-learning.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Preparing for Adulthood
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/preparing-for-adulthood/preparing-for-adulthood.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Leisure and Activities
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure-and-activities/leisure-and-activities.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Travel and Transport
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/travel-and-transport/travel-and-transport.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Health and Wellbeing
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing/health-and-wellbeing.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Financial Support
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/financial-support/financial-support.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Care and Support Services
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/care-and-support-services/care-and-support-services.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Search Directories of Providers
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/search-providers/search-providers.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – I work with Children and Families (Please do not publish publicly)
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/i-work-with-children-and-families/i-work-with-children-and-families.aspx

Links to Local Offer Video

The Derbyshire Local Offer worked in co-production with children and young people from Ashgate Croft School to create a video providing a short overview of the website to generate awareness of the Derbyshire Local Offer. 

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DerbyshireSENDLocalOffer

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egi9pyGQJhM