Coxhoe Primary School

We are a growing primary school seven miles south of Durham City.

We aim to offer our children engaging and enriching opportunities to allow them to develop the knowledge, skills and resilience they need to achieve in our ever changing and culturally diverse world.

When is it on?

Time of day
Morning
Afternoon

Who to contact

Contact name
Mrs Allison Taylor
Contact position
Office Staff
Telephone
0191 377 0294
E-mail
coxhoe@durhamlearning.net
Website
Coxhoe Primary School

Where to go

Address
Cornforth Lane
Coxhoe
County Durham
Postcode
DH6 4EJ

Other details

Referral required?
No
Referral and availability notes

Places at the school are allocated by Durham LEA - please contact the admissions team at Durham County Council for further information:

School Admissions, Room 3/127, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UJ
Telephone: 0191 265 896 

Related links
Ofsted reports

Local Offer

Local Offer description

The school's SEND Information Report can be found on the school website: http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/

Contact name
Alison O'Sullivan and Mr G Hopson (SENCO)
Contact telephone
0191 377 0294
Contact email
coxhoe@durhamlearning.net
Links
Coxhoe Primary School - SEND Information

How do you identify Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)?

How does the setting/school/college know if children/young people need extra help and what should I do if I think my child/young person may have special educational needs?

We believe in early and continuous assessment to identify the needs of all pupils. Within the classroom there will always be a range of need and the class teacher will plan to meet the needs of all pupils. They will also identify and allocate resources, including additional support from a teaching assistant (when available), as appropriate to ensure that all children make maximum progress.

If a teacher feels that a child may need additional support other than that which can be normally provided by quality first teaching in the classroom, they will discuss these needs with the child's parents, as well as colleagues (including the SENCO or Additional Needs Co-ordinator). Sometimes this may lead to a referral to a specialist provider e.g. Learning Support Service; Speech Therapist; Educational Psychologist; Dietician; Occupational or Physiotherapists.

If a parent has concerns about their child's needs, then they would encourage them to speak to their child's class teacher or the Additional Needs Co-ordinator.

How will you support my child with their special educational needs and disability?

How will early years setting/school/college staff support my child/young person?

We believe that all children can be helped by Quality First teaching in the classroom and on occasions by additional help in small groups or via one to one support. This will be provided by the class teacher, teaching assistant or on occasions a specialist teacher or health professional.

At times a child's support may be recorded in an individual Support Plan which is updated at least twice a year. This plan identifies small targets and resources allocated to help each child move forward in their learning. This may also be shown in a Provision Map. Both the Support Plan and Provision maps will be shared with parents and discussed at termly parent's/carer's meetings as well as at an annual review meeting.

How will you make sure my child's education meet their needs?

How will the curriculum be matched to my child's young person's needs?

Each class teacher will follow our long-term plans to ensure that all elements of the National Curriculum are covered. This will be used to create termly and then weekly/daily plans to ensure that the curriculum is covered using a range of teaching and learning strategies. By using a range of targeted or differentiated teaching and learning strategies, the school ensure that every child's needs will be met.

When a child has additional needs the curriculum to be followed by that child will be shown via a Provision map and Support Plan.

How will we know my child is progressing?

How will both you and I know how my child/young person is doing and how will you help me to support my child's/young person's learning?

Every week a teacher will assess each child's learning against their teaching and learning outcomes for that week. This will inform then their future sequences of teaching and learning.

In addition, we hold termly meetings with parents and provide an annual written report which will identify the progress and attainment of each child. The reports and parents consultations will give opportunity for the teacher to share current targets, as well as to discuss the way that parents can support learning at home via homework or additional areas of targeted support.

We also hold an annual review meeting for parents of pupils with additional needs. This meeting includes the class teacher, parents, and any professionals working with your child along with the co-ordinator for Additional Needs. This is a dialogue meeting where strengths and areas for further development are identified together.

How will you support my child's overall wellbeing?

What support will there be for my child's/young person's overall wellbeing?

We want all pupils to feel welcome and part of the school, so they place a high value on wellbeing. The class teacher's and teaching assistants use PSHCE lessons, register time, circle time, rewards and other opportunities to support the wellbeing of the pupils with whom they work.

Our school motto is 'Believe & Achieve' - to the school this means that they want all pupils to feel valued for who they are and know that we will help them achieve their potential.

There are also many opportunities throughout our school day for pupils to talk and share with one another and staff, which enables them all to learn to care for one another by developing deeper relationships based on trust and respect.

What specialist services and expertise is available at or accessed by the staff?

What specialist services and expertise are available at or accessed by the setting/school/college?

As a community primary school (under the Local Education Authority) we have access to a range of Educational and Health care professionals across County Durham. Where appropriate we will refer pupils to these service providers.

These may include:

  • Educational psychologists
  • Learning Support Service
  • Sensory support service
  • School Nurses
  • Speech and Language Therapists
  • Occupational and Physiotherapists
  • Movement Disability team
  • CAMHS and Behaviour support services.

The school also purchase additional support from the Specialist Educational Psychologists, Behaviour Support Service, Counselling Service, LACES team (Looked After Children's Team) and the Movement Difficulties Team.

How are staff trained regarding SEND?

What training are the staff supporting children and young people with SEND have had or are having?

Staff regularly undertake training, both in school and through external providers, to keep up to date with changing advice and resources for pupils with additional needs. In addition, the co-ordinators for SEND have undertaken the National Award for Special Education Needs (NASEN), which is a postgraduate award for teachers, that will enable them to have up to date knowledge and awareness of how to meet the needs of all pupils within the school.

What activities outside the classroom will there be?

How will my child/young person be included in activities outside this classroom including school trips?

We are an inclusive school and all pupils will have access to the full range of curriculum opportunities, both inside and outside of the school.

Whenever any child is taken on a school trip a full risk assessment is undertaken by the class-teacher and appropriate measures are put in place to ensure all pupils will be able to access all the opportunities during the trip.

How will you support my child's needs?

How accessible is the setting/school/college environment?

Our building is accessible to all pupils. It is all on one level with several access points for pupils of all ages and accessibility needs. We have an accessibility plan which is regularly updated to ensure that the building is completely inclusive/accessible to all.

What is available to help my child with their education?

How are the setting's/school's/college's resources allocated and matched to children's/young people's special educational needs?

Physical and human resources are allocated according to each pupil's needs identified in their Support Plan and Provision Map. This is shared with parents.

What support can I expect for my child?

How is the decision made about what type and how much support my child/young person will receive?

Decisions about the type and frequency of support are made in consultation with parents, professionals working with the child and staff within the school. This happens termly during internal pupil progress meetings where all staff attend, during the termly parent's consultations and also in the annual review meeting held to discuss each child's additional needs and progress.

How will I be involved in my child's education?

How are parents involved in the setting/school/college? How can I be involved?

We encourage parents to be as involved as they can be in the school. All parents can become involved in the Friends of Coxhoe school (PTA), by becoming a volunteer helper, through helping their child complete homework tasks and during the termly parent's meetings and review meetings.

In addition, our Governing body is well represented by parents of pupils in the school. We would encourage all parents to consider taking up the strategic role of a Governor, as and when vacancies arise.

My child is going to be starting or leaving soon, how will you help them?

How will the setting/school/college prepare and support my child/young person to join the setting/school/college or the next stage of education and life?

We have very close links with all of the secondary schools where pupils transfer. During each child's final year, we arrange several visits to the school chosen by each pupil and also work alongside staff from these schools who begin to visit pupils in the spring and summer terms prior to transition.

If a child requires any additional visits in order to become more confident about transition, then these will be planned. See our transition page on our website. 

We try to encourage pupils to recognise their place in the world and so become active citizens through many planned and informal opportunities within the curriculum.

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