Mrs Austin (SENDco) and Miss Davies (Aspiring SENDco) can be contacted via the academy at SEND@delacyacademy.org.uk or via telephone on 01977722389.

At De Lacy Academy, students with Special Educational Needs are fully included within our academy. Furthermore, we ensure that any student who requires additional support, for whatever reason, will be recorded according to the Code of Practice either at SEN K or EHCP level, so that every student in the academy is fully supported to achieve their potential.

The SENCO and the SEND team are responsible for providing support to other staff in the academy for students’ needs to be met. The nature of this support is specifically tailored and determined by the needs of the individual student or teaching group. The support may involve: TA support in lesson, preparing adapted resources, or advice from the SENCO. The SENCO will involve the pupils, their parents, their teachers and other necessary professionals in the planning of support.

Every pupil on the SEND register will be allocated a keyworker whom they will have regular contact with and will also share that contact with home. In addition to this, all pupils on the SEND register will have a Learning Passport, which is reviewed in accordance with the Code of Practice and shared with parents and staff regularly to ensure that support is appropriate and that there is a holistic approach to supporting our pupils.

We communicate with parents regularly through professional meetings, 1-2-1 meetings, via our SEND team, through school parents’ evenings and via allocated Keyworkers. All students on the SEND register are allocated a keyworker and have a Learning Passport which is shared with staff to ensure that all staff are involved in supporting our students. The SENCO also works closely with the local primary schools and the local authority to ensure that students are appropriately transitioned to us from our feeder schools.

The SEN report can be viewed on our Statutory Information page.

You can read the SEND Report and the SEND Policy on the Statutory Information.