Our purpose is to realise the Trust’s vision, ‘where everyone succeeds’. We will achieve this by ensuring that our students access exceptional education and by providing a curriculum that meets all students’ needs, engages them actively in their learning and challenges them to achieve beyond their expectations. Students are happy and safe at school and are proud to be part of The Roseland Trust. All staff care deeply for the students and work as a team to achieve our vision. At Falmouth School will be respected as a School within The Roseland Trust that offers a life changing education.
Our vision for all students, including all students with SEND:
• Every student receives an equitable educational experience.
• Each student will have the resources and support needed for their educational journey each and every day.
• Every student deserves to flourish and enjoy an extraordinary educational experience.
All our school improvement and strategic planning is central to our mission of providing the best possible education for all our students, including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Our SENDCo is Mrs. R. Penrose
At Falmouth School, we are committed to continually raising educational standards for every student under our care. Our inclusive teaching model involves deliberately cultivating a learning environment where all students are treated equitably, have equal access to learning, and feels valued and supported in their learning.
Our inclusive approach is underpinned by national and international research. Quality first teaching enables all students to succeed and at Falmouth School we believe that every teacher is a teacher of students with SEND. Every adult at Falmouth School can support students with SEND.
We use adaptive teaching where the teacher continually assesses the strengths and needs of learners and makes adjustments in real time to adapt their teaching accordingly to ensure all learners can meet expectations.
We place importance on every student learning alongside their peers, developing and sustaining positive relationships. Our lesson structures are carefully considered to enable all students to succeed. We use predictable lesson routines and structures including retrieval practise, modelling (I do, we do, you do) and independent practice. Students are enabled to rehearse their skills, as well as continue building on them.
As part of our focus on the SEND provision for all our students, Falmouth School uses the Provision Map tool which enables us to systematically organise our SEND related information. This enables us to evaluate our supporting mechanisms in increase the efficiency of our provision. Overall, the information related to students and their needs is streamlined and easily accessible for the adults working with the student/s. Importantly, it further enhances the communication about support between the school and parents/carers.
Where a student is on Record of Need, the student has their own passport which outlines how the support works across the school. The school is transferring to this new, more versatile system. See below the type of information the student passport contains. It is clearly laid out involving all the parties working together. It puts the young person at the centre. The document is easily accessible to the staff who work with that student.
Some examples of the Provisions:
- Restorative Circle Time
- Concessions/Access Arrangements - verbal prompts, to support focus/refocus
- SEN Attendance Mentoring/Self-esteem
- Word Processing/Typing - with spell checker - Access Arrangements/Concessions
- Facilities Pass - specific adjustments
- Time Out Pass - specific adjustment
- Music Therapy
- Counselling
The features of Provision Map strengthen the school systems and positively support Assess-Plan-Do-Review and all the meetings and provide clearer evaluation opportunities. At Falmouth School we have been developing the use of this tool and we are at the ‘implementation’ stage.
Homework and Independent learning strategies include the use of highly interactive and visual apps which reinforce students’ knowledge and skills covered in lessons or potentially pre-teach the content that may be coming next. The visual and interactive learning focusing on retrieval, drilling and rehearsing through a range of tasks reinforces the students’ working memory whilst maintaining a balanced cognitive load. The homework expectations positively support all students, including those with SEND.
Support is offered at homework club after school to encourage an active engagement that leads to more rapid progress, increase in confidence and success.
We are very inclusive in our thinking and work closely with our students and their families to plan their engagement in activities, where reasonable adjustments may need to be considered and implemented.
- For information on Individual Health Care Plans linked to Physical and Medical Needs adn how you can provide us with key information, please follow the link here.
- Autism Education Trust
- Early Help Hub
- Link to Cornwall's SEND Local Offer