Claycots School - Britwell campus

Local Offer

Claycots is a thriving primary school with over 1750 pupils aged 3–11 years.

Claycots is situated on two campuses:

  • Britwell 
  • Town Hall.

Both campuses currently provide a nurturing and inspiring education for pupils from Nursery to Year 6. Both sites are continuing to grow and develop to meet the needs of the communities we serve.  

We are a very culturally rich, diverse and inclusive school that strives to support all children to enable them to make the best possible progress and achieve their full potential. To accomplish these aims, we offer a broad and balanced curriculum with high quality teaching.

We ensure that pupils with additional needs are identified early and support them through:

  • structured teaching
  • different learning approaches
  • access to all aspects of school life.

We work with a range of professionals and provide strategies and interventions to make sure that all children receive the support they need to be inspired to strive to be the best that they can be.

Britwell campus is a large busy site, all on one level and with large open areas.  

Who to contact

Contact name
Mrs Catherine Corbitt
Contact position
Deputy Headteacher for inclusion
Telephone
01753 521215 01753 521215
E-mail
enquiries@claycots.com
Website
Claycots School Partnership
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Where to go

Name
Claycots School (Britwell campus)
Address
Monksfield Way
Slough
Berkshire
Postcode

SL2 1QX

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Local Offer

Contact name
Mrs Catherine Corbitt (Britwell campus)
Contact telephone
01753521215
Contact email
enquiries@claycots.com
Local Offer age bands
Early Years (0-4 years)
Primary (4-10 years)

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Special Educational Needs policy

Claycots School SEN policy can be found on the school website and is regularly reviewed.  

Alternatively, a hard copy is available upon request at our school office. All other related policies/documentation can also be found by selecting the Key Document tab on the school website. 

Other documents available on our website that will be particularly relevant in relation to SEND are: 

  • Accessibility plan and policy
  • Attendance of pupils with additional needs
  • Complaints policy and procedure
  • Equality objectives
  • Positive behaviour & anti-bullying policy
  • Safeguarding and child protection policy.

Check Claycots School key documents.

Teaching and learning

Claycots is a mainstream primary school. 

We support children with a wide range of learning difficulties, including:

  • speech and language delay
  • cognitive delay
  • social and emotional difficulties
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorder
  • visual and hearing impairment
  • ADHD
  • other diagnosed difficulties.  

Quality First Teaching is used throughout the school to teach children with SEND. The school uses a model of intervention based on the assess-plan-do-review cycle, by using Individual Education Plans.

In line with the SEN Code of Practice (2015) teachers are responsible for all pupils in their class, including those with SEND.

All planning is adapted and prior attainment considered when planning lessons. 

Some children have complex needs and require further support and adaptations made, particularly if the child has an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP). The provision for those pupils who require this additional support is informed by targets specified in their Education Health and Care Plan. This additional support may be in the form of:

  • adapted lesson planning
  • access to class
  • year group-based interventions
  • 1:1 work as appropriate
  • resources provided to support and improve access to learning
  • adjustments to the learning environment to accommodate specific physical and/or learning needs.
Identifying and assessing Special Educational Needs

The SEND policy sets out in detail the identification and assessment of children with SEND.  The policy can be found on Claycots School-key document and is regularly reviewed.

The provision for children identified as having SEN is assessed termly during the Individual Education Plan (IEP) review process, involving parents/carers and teachers. 

Senior Leaders review provision 3 times per school year during the Pupil Progress Meetings. 

EHCP outcomes are visible within IEP targets which are reviewed termly, in addition to Annual Review meetings.

Involving parents and children/young people in planning and reviewing progress

The SEND policy contains details of the arrangements for consulting parents/ carers. 

Parents/ carers are encouraged to work with the school to support their child. Parents/ carers are notified by teachers of any interventions and outcomes during Parents evenings and Individual Education Plan reviews.

Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) reviews are held within statutory timescales. The SENCOs are available to meet parents/ carers regarding arrangements for their child, or any other concerns.

The children are involved in target setting and review procedures. The SEND policy contains details of how children are involved in their education.

 

Additional support

The school has a wide support team across both campuses, made up of professionals such as:

  • Inclusion Teaching Assistants
  • Teaching Assistants
  • Student Support Team
  • Speech and Language HLTAs
  • SEN teacher.

These professionals work together with teachers, SENCOs and the Senior Leadership Team to ensure that effective support is in place for pupils with SEND.

Support may include interventions (in or out of class), personalised resources such as visual prompts/ timetables, specific equipment dependent on pupil needs such as a wobble cushion, sensory support or specialist intervention such as a social skills group.

Details of professionals are listed below.

  • Deputy Head Teachers for Inclusion: Mrs Reshma Kapadia (Town Hall Campus) and Mrs Catherine Corbitt (Britwell Campus)
  • SENCO: Miss Sarah Squires (Town Hall Campus)
  • Assistant SENCO: Leanne Ruck (Britwell Campus)
  • SEN Teacher: Kirstyn Twumasi (Britwell Campus)
  • Slough Education Psychology Department (EHCP children only)
  • Independent Educational Psychologist: Mr Alastair Lidster
  • Speech and Language Therapists: Berkshire NHS SALT service (EHCP children only)
  • Independent Speech & Language Therapist: Mrs Laura Davy (non-EHCP children)
  • Speech and Language HLTA: Mrs Jos Bryant (Britwell Campus)
  • Speech and language HLTA: Mrs Louise Pettit (Town Hall & Britwell Campus)
  • Learning Mentor: Mrs Stella Guzman (Town Hall Campus)
  • Family Support workers: Ms Emma Corentin, Ms Grace Laflin (Britwell Campus), Mrs Heather Varley, Ms Lauren Speed (Town Hall Campus)
  • Safeguarding Manager: Ms Simone Belgrave (Town Hall & Britwell Campus)
  • SEN Governor: Mrs Lin Meade.

 

Extra activities

All of our extra-curricular activities and school visits are available to all our pupils, including after school clubs.

Breakfast club is also available to our pupils at the start of the school day.

Risk assessments are carried out as necessary to enable all pupils to participate in these activities.

Meeting social and emotional needs of children/young people

The Student Support Team are responsible for working with a caseload of children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.

They work closely with the Family Support Workers and Deputy Heads for Inclusion to support parents/carers and children with their emotional wellbeing. 

The Educational Psychologist may also support specific children with emotional difficulties.  Pupil voice is also carried out termly to listen to the views of SEN pupils.

Keeping up to date with knowledge and skills

Whole school Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities are planned for staff to develop their knowledge and expertise relating to SEN.

The training provided for staff is based on current needs of individual pupils to support staff in meeting these needs.

CPD opportunities are also provided on an individual basis to develop the expertise of staff supporting specific pupils in need of specialist intervention such as Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy.

Transitions

The school ensures smooth transition between key stages, and it liaises with pre-school provision and other schools as appropriate, to ensure that children are well supported when moving between phases and schools.

Arrangements for transfer to the next setting in education are outlined in the SEND policy, on Claycots school website.

 

Helpful contacts

There are named contacts at the school for parents to contact if they have any concerns, they can be contacted via enquiries@claycots.com.

  • Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Mijatovich.
  • Deputy Head Teachers for inclusion: Mrs Reshma Kapadia (Town Hall) and Mrs Catherine Corbitt (Britwell).
  • SENCO: Miss Sarah Squires (Town Hall campus).
  • Assistant SENCO: Ms Leanne Ruck (Britwell campus).

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This information has been collected from third party providers. Slough Information and Services Guide and Slough Borough Council cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of this information and recommend that parents, carers, young people, residents and professionals check with providers regarding DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), OFSTED and CQC registrations.

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