Special Educational Needs -SENCo

Hamp Academy is an inclusive, mainstream junior school for children in Years 3 to Year 6 (Key Stage 2). Here at Hamp Academy the individual child is at the heart of all we do.

All staff at Hamp Academy are committed to nurturing the whole child and work as hard to support the child’s emotional and social wellbeing as we do the academic progress.

All staff at Hamp Academy are aware of the need for trauma informed practices and have a sound understanding of attachment issues in young children.

Our staff are also trained in Restorative Practice.

We aim to ensure that: Staff have high aspirations for every child, celebrating individual differences in ability, aptitude, emotional development, behaviour and skills. We endeavour to meet all individual need, providing opportunities for all students to reach their full potential. Students with learning difficulties are able to access their entitlement to a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum as part of the whole school community.

We identify and assess children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEN) as early and as thoroughly as possible using the revised Code of Practice (2015).

We maintain up-to-date knowledge of current SEN good practice and methodology in order to offer support and training in these areas to all staff in the school.

Our SEN provision aims to fulfil the expectations of the Core Standards – Somerset’s published expectations for all settings regarding the provision of SEN.

The Somerset SEN local offer is accessible at: www.somerset.gov.uk.

February half term activities

CIA Team Activity Calendar Holidays - February half-term.pdf

Christmas activity calendar

Calendar xmas live.pdf

Parent workshops

Wise Up booklet.pdf

Useful Contacts

SEND News Welcome to this week’s SEND News, for the latest updates on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) for ages 0-25.

YoungMinds YoungMinds Crisis Messenger - Provides free, 24/7 crisis support across the UK if you are experiencing a mental health crisis.If you need urgent help text YM to 85258 All texts are answered by trained volunteers, with support from experienced clinical supervisors Texts are free from EE, O2, Vodafone, 3, Virgin Mobile, BT Mobile, GiffGaff, Tesco Mobile and Telecom Plus.

Samaritans Call 116 123 Email jo@samaritans.org Provides confidential, non-judgemental emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those that could lead to suicide. You can phone, email, write a letter or in most cases talk to someone face to face.

Childline For children and young people under 19 (24/7) Call 0800 1111 – the number won't show up on your phone bill ChildLine is a private and confidential service for children and young people up to the age of nineteen. You can contact a ChildLine counsellor for free about anything - no problem is too big or too small.

Papyrus For people under 35 Call 0800 068 41 41 – Monday to Friday 10am to 10pm, weekends 2pm to 10pm, bank holidays 2pm to 5pm Text 07786 209697 Email pat@papyrus-uk.org PAPYRUS is the national UK charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide. You can contact them for help and guidance for yourself or for someone else in your care.

Elefriends For everyone (online) Website: http://elefriends.org.uk/ Elefriends is a supportive online community where you can be yourself. Elefriends is run by Mind.

Somerset Parent Carer Forum CIC The forum steering group consists of parents who have children and grandchildren with special educational needs and disabilities who attend an early years setting, main stream school, special school, independent provision or home educate.