SCHOOL TOURSCHOOL BLOGS COOKIES / PRIVACY Home Classes About Us Parent Info Home Learning Safeguarding SEND Community Curriculum Contact SEND @ WESTWOOD The Harmony Trust SEN Policy Westwood SEND Information Report 2021-22.pdf At Westwood Academy we aim to ensure that all pupils, regardless of their specific needs, make the best possible progress in school. We aim to be as inclusive as reasonably possible, in meeting the needs of pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. The four broad ‘areas of need’ are Communication and Interaction, Cognition and Learning, Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties, and Sensory and Physical Needs. Staff are trained in: In Print software. Wellcomm- speech and language intervention. Blast!-speech and language intervention. Elklan- speech and language intervention. Westwood Academy is an inclusive school, where all children (including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) engage in the full range of activities offered as often as is reasonably possible. We aim to support pupils' emotional and social development. We listen to the views of children through our Pupil Forum (made up of elected School Councillors, Eco Councillors and Head Boy and Girl), pupil surveys conducted and pupil voice interviews. We take the following measures to prevent bullying: Implement policies and procedures to prevent and respond to bullying throughout the school (Behaviour Policy and Safeguarding Policy). Keep up to date behaviour logs to monitor pupil behaviour. Provide training for staff so that they are vigilant in identifying instances of bullying and competent to deal with instances of bullying effectively. Provide training for children to lead peer to peer mediation sessions. The SEND Coordinator at Westwood Academy is Katy Mather (SENCO for The Harmony Trust), who can be contacted via email at sen@theharmonytrust.org Please also feel free to come in to school to discuss your child's education with their class teacher at any time. If you wish to make a complaint about SEND provision, or any other matter, please follow the procedures set out in the Complaints Policy, which can be found through the Our Policies section of this website. Westwood Academy: Believe, Achieve, Succeed Middleton Road, Oldham, Lancashire, OL9 6BH Miss S Wimperis: Principal 0161 627 4257 info@westwood.theharmonytrust.org VIEW US ON A MAP Harmony Trust Alderson Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL9 6AQ CEO: Anthony Hughes 0161 260 0482 (ext 15) info@theharmonytrust.org VIEW US ON A MAP © Westwood Academy. All Rights Reserved. Website and VLE by School Spider