Our outreach work is varied and tailored according to the needs of individual schools and academies. To provide the best possible specialist support, the Outreach Service is provided by outstanding practitioners who have a track record of delivering change within schools to deliver improvement in SEND provision.
SENCO Support
- Joint focused learning walks, followed by verbal & written feedback.
- Support to identify SEN needs for individual/groups of pupils.
- Target setting.
- Support with EHCP Target Setting, provision mapping, high needs funding.
- Attendance at annual reviews, ISRs, PCAR, Early Help, PEP meetings, Professional Meetings.
- A termly SENCO meeting held at either Bradfields or at one of the Medway Schools, (currently virtual meetings) facilitated by Lorraine Lewin.
- Support with developing School-Based Plans.
- Support to develop Individual Positive Support Plans.Advice/recommendations to ensure that the setting is inclusive for SEND/SEMH needs.
- Signposting external agencies including Disability Nurse Team, Early Help, paediatricians, NEFLT (CAMHS) etc.
- SENCO tool kit.
Staff Support
- Individual and joint observations to support staff to implement strategies, resources and routines to enable pupils to access Teaching & Learning.
- Coaching & mentoring for key staff, including modelling how to support individual pupils to engage in learning using appropriate & effective strategies and resources.
- Coaching & mentoring of staff to support pupils who display challenging behaviours. Including planning meetings and how to implement effective and consistent behaviour management techniques.
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Planning sessions with Key staff, Teachers etc. to ensure that Teaching & Learning is effectively differentiated to support pupils’ needs.
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Resource making.
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Transition planning –moving to the next year group within the same setting and key transition points including Nursery to Reception & Year 6-Year 7.
- Opportunities to observe best practice at Bradfields.
- Bespoke Training for whole school/groups of staff e.g. Teaching Staff, Senior Leaders, TAs, Midday meal supervisors. The length of the training sessions is also dependent on the needs of the individual schools, existing staff knowledge & the needs of the pupils within their settings. Training is usually twilight sessions (90mins-2 hours), however, they can also be ½ or whole day training, for example, Autism, ADHD etc.
- Parent workshops, coffee mornings, individual meetings with parents to support understanding of conditions/behaviours and how to manage these at home.
Student Support
- Individual work with students particularly upper KS2 and Secondary the work includes: support to understand the diagnosis of conditions e.g. ADHD, Autism and developing appropriate strategies to manage anxiety and behaviours. The strategies are shared with key staff to ensure that there is a consistent and collaborative approach.
- Support for school refusers, working with individual students, key staff & Parents/Carers.
Whole School Support
- Audits are conducted to ensure that the quality of Teaching & Learning is effective in enabling ALL pupils to be successful, make progress and achieve.
- These can be either whole school, specific Key Stages, Year groups or cohorts.