Most pupils' needs can be met through quality teaching. High quality teaching includes a range of strategies and small group work or 1-1 support at our school including:

• Keep-up phonics (class 1 and 2)

• Daily reading

• Pre-teaching (advance preparation for new learning)

• Post-teaching (short burst of additional teaching for something your child found challenging)

•  Support in class to focus or reduce cognitive load

• Provision of aids to reduce cognitive load

If we are worried, that despite this support your child is not making good progress, then we will talk to you to work with you to try and find out what the barriers to learning might be. This could include the use of specialist assessments.

We keep records of the additional support your child has received and the impact of that support so that we can access further support from the local authority if needed.

We might seek a specialist dyslexia assessment if your child's progress in reading is significantly below age-related standards. An example might be that your child has not secured phase 3 phonics for reading and they are in year 4 despite significant support over a period of time and no other barriers to learning.

Some children need an ECHP. This is a document that describes their learning needs and how a school should work with the family to meet those needs. if you think that your child needs an ECHP please contact the SENDCO - Mrs Nicola Hall or  the Special Educational Needs Assessment Service .