SEN Details

Saint Ronan's School, Hawkhurst

This page displays the answers provided by the school to our SEN questionnaire. The box immediately below this text is where the school describes its SEN provision to parents in plain English (or at least that's what we asked for).

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Description

Saint Ronan's is justly proud of its academic record. We believe that we should, and do, cater for the educational needs and aspirations of the brightest children; but we believe also that those who have any academic problems and weaknesses should be enabled to deal with the challenges of the mainstream academic programme. To the latter end, we have a team of three specialist SEN teachers, who assess any children who are encountering difficulties within their class and, if necessary, refer them to an Educational Psychologist for a formal diagnosis of any specific learning difficulty. Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADD, ADHD, and dyscalculia are well-catered for. The school SENCO liaises with parents on a regular basis and, if it is felt necessary, and in agreement with the parents, individual tuition can be arranged with one of the specialist SEN teachers. All Pre-prep classes have their own learning support assistant, to assist with those children who are less able, and group work is carried out on a weekly basis, under the supervision of the SENCO for such children.

	Currently no provision for	Can provide for but no experience of	Experience of	Now provide for in school	Centre of Excellence for
					Please consider mentioning in the main description above
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Aspergers Syndrome Mild
Aspergers Syndrome Moderate
Aspergers Syndrome Severe
Autism Mild
Autism Moderate
Autism Severe
Semantic Pragmatic Disorder
Other Autistic
Behavioural Difficulties
Attention Deficit Disorder Mild
Attention Deficit Disorder Moderate
Attention Deficit Disorder Severe
Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorders Mild
Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorders Moderate
Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorders Severe
Emotional and behavioural difficulties Mild
Emotional and behavioural difficulties Moderate
Emotional and behavioural difficulties Severe
Conduct Disorders
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
Oppositional Defiant Disorders
Tourettes and other tic disorders
	Currently no provision for	Can provide for but no experience of	Experience of	Now provide for in school	Centre of Excellence for
					Please consider mentioning in the main description above
Genetic and related Disorders
Down's Syndrome Mild
Down's Syndrome Moderate
Down's Syndrome Severe
Fragile X
Other genetic
Learning difficulties
Moderate learning difficulties
Profound and multiple learning difficulties
Severe learning difficulties
Specific learning difficulties
Dyscalculia Mild
Dyscalculia Moderate
Dyscalculia Severe
Dyslexia Mild
Dyslexia Moderate
Dyslexia Severe
Dyspraxia Mild
Dyspraxia Moderate
Dyspraxia Severe
Other Specific Learning Difficulties Mild
Other Specific Learning Difficulties Moderate
Other Specific Learning Difficulties Severe
English as an additional language
Hearing Impairment Mild
	Currently no provision for	Can provide for but no experience of	Experience of	Now provide for in school	Centre of Excellence for
					Please consider mentioning in the main description above
Sensory Impairment
Hearing Impairment Moderate
Hearing Impairment Severe
Multi-sensory Impairment
Speech and Language Difficulties
Visual Impairment Mild
Visual Impairment Moderate
Visual Impairment Severe
Medical and Related Needs
Cerebral Palsy Mild
Cerebral Palsy Moderate
Cerebral Palsy Severe
"Delicate" children
Epilepsy
Eating disorders
Physical Difficulties (Not indicated elsewhere.)
Other
General Questions
			Yes	No	If YES, please describe
Are all children tested for SEN on entry to the school?					All children are assessed by their class teacher on entry to Saint Ronan's and if they are concerned about a child, they will refer them to a specific special needs needs teacher for further assessment.
Please outline the screening programmes used by the school.					General intellectual ability tests (non-verbal and verbal), reading tests (NEALE and WRATT), spelling test (WRATT), auditory discimination tests, visual tests and, where necessary, numeracy tests.
How many children with statements of need or equivalent do you have in the school?					N/A
Do you make special provision for exceptionally gifted children?
Please outline what is on offer for such children					The school has a specific teacher designated to coordinate the ABCO department. Gifted children may be offered individual tuition, may be streamed within their age group and, in exceptional cases, moved up to the class above. There is also a scholarship class for those gifted children at the top end of the school.
Please indicate if the school has or has available to it any of the following:
Behaviour Support Unit.
Learning Support Unit.
Pupil Referral Unit.
Other withdrawal.
Specialist language centre
Schemes or Initiatives such as SHARE or Playing for Success.
			Yes	No	If YES, please describe
Please indicate if the school has any of the following characteristics:
SEN accreditation, for example by CRESTED?
Good wheelchair access
Provides outreach support?
Receives outreach support?
Do children with SEN participate fully in sport and other extracurricular activities?					Where they are able to and are happy to do so.
Please provide information on staffing. Does the school have:
A SENCO or equivalent?
Staff who will administer prescription medicines to a child
Qualified teaching staff with learning support or SEN commitment(please say how many, in full-time equivalent).					Three
Non-teaching staff with learning support or SEN commitment(please say how many, in full-time equivalent).
Please list specialist qualifications held by teaching staff with learning support or SEN commitment.			SENCO - BAHons, PGCE, SEN Diploma, Teacher 1 - Cert.Ed., SEN Diploma, Teacher 2 - B.TecNat.c.Psyc.SEN.
Please list specialist qualifications held by non-teaching staff with learning support or SEN commitment.			N/A