Wood Lane Primary School is an inclusive mainstream school which aims to include all pupils in all aspects of school life and support our children to meet their potential and achieve at school. This is achieved in the following ways: 

1. Quality First Teaching is provided to all children based upon Rosenshine's principles. 

2. All staff are committed to removing any barriers to learning and participation in school life that can hinder or exclude individual pupils or groups of pupils.

 3. A nurturing environment is provided where children feel safe, secure and able to achieve to their highest ability. 

4. A range of teaching approaches are used to accommodate the different learning styles of the children. 

5. All pupils are equipped with the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to succeed as responsible and valued members of the community. 

6. The curriculum provided at Wood Lane Primary School enables all our children to develop their acquisition of skills, knowledge, attitudes and values, thus enabling them to realise their spiritual, emotional and academic potential. 

7. Pupils with SEND and their parents/carers are involved in the planning, assessing, delivering and reviewing of the child’s progress and attainment throughout their learning journey at Langdale Primary School.

8. All children are provided with the opportunity to access wider school life and participate fully in our school community. 

9. Our policies and procedures for the raising of standards apply to all children thus ensuring inclusive schooling for all children including those with SEND

Our acting Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) is Mrs Fraser-Headteacher

The Staffordshire Local Offer
How Staffordshire supports children throughout the County can be found by clicking on the following link:

Staffordshire Connects | Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Local Offer

Who is the SENCO?

Hello, my name is Mrs Fraser ,

I am the school's acting SENDCo (Co-ordinator for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities).

As SENDCo, I am always available to speak to you about any specific concerns that you may have and can be contacted by calling the school office on 01782 720487

Communication starts with your child’s class teacher (Early Year- to Year 6). These educational practitioners are best placed to discuss your child’s specific needs or your own concerns and will be able to pass on any information to myself in the first instance.

The Teaching Assistants (TA’s) at Wood Lane Primary School, also play a key role in supporting our pupils and run numerous interventions throughout the week. We have frequent opportunities where parents are able to speak to staff about their child’s progress, such as coffee mornings and parents' evenings.

SEND Identification Process

Where does support for my child begin?

Support starts in the classroom, but when concerns are raised, teachers and teaching assistants will monitor carefully and gather together evidence ready for the start of a Graduated Response.  

Additional support may then be put in place by means of intervention sessions or from outside agencies who can be brought in to assess and advise. Children will also have specific IEP- Individual Education Plan devised for them with specific areas of focus and targets in which to work upon. All interventions, adaptive teaching and resourcing will link to the specific areas and targets identified.

Where pupils require a more intensive form of support, an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) may be applied for.

Pupils with additional needs will have a One-Page Profile and Pupil Passport that will share their strengths and difficulties with the staff that work closely with them.

SEND Support & Interventions

We have put in place a wide range of support and interventions all with the sole aim of providing additional support for the pupils that need it.

• Guided Reading Sessions,
• English Interventions,
• Classroom based interventions to support writing, handwriting and timetables,
• Fine Motor Skills Support,
• Pre - teaching and follow-on sessions that build on core subject learning,
• SATs Booster Sessions,
• Nurture,
• Emotion Coaching,
• Social Skills and Teamwork
• Early Communication support for EYFS pupil, including speech and language
• Occupational Therapy Sessions with peers

And many more focused sessions based on individual student needs. These interventions take place during lessons, assemblies and occasionally before/after school.

Dyslexia

We are working hard to becoming a dyslexia-friendly school and as such, we try to ensure that our classrooms are set up and ready to support any pupil who either has a full diagnosis or displays dyslexic tendencies.

For those pupils, work will be presented in a dyslexia-friendly way using clear layouts and the whiteboard will be set to a background that will make it easier to read. Visual aids will be provided along with memory clues and support.

We use dyslexia-friendly fonts as standard - proved to be easier for dyslexic pupils to follow.

Other resources made available are coloured overlays, manipulatives and specialist dictionaries.

Equality Statement

The Governors and staff of Wood Lane Primary School are committed to the principle and practice of equality of opportunity.

We have an inclusive ethos which means all staff, pupils and parents work together to ensure that everyone, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or social background can thrive.

Alongside our commitment to valuing the cultural inheritance of all the pupils in the school we also develop our pupils understanding and appreciation of equality and diversity, in both the school and the wider British society.

Through our RSHE scheme, RE scheme, themed weeks, cultural days and assemblies, we ensure our pupils consider and value diversity and celebrate different cultural inheritances.

Pupils are taught to respect and celebrate difference and understand that everyone, regardless of race, gender, sexuality or disability has equal value. Staff model respect and understanding in all their dealings within school. 

Our equality objectives are:

• To promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural development through all appropriate curricular and extra-curricular opportunities.  We aim to meet this objective with particular reference to issues of equality and diversity.
• To reduce prejudice and increase understanding of equality through direct teaching across the curriculum
• To narrow the gap between less able learners and the rest of the children.
• To eradicate prejudice related bullying in relation to the protected characteristics listed in the Equality Act 2010.
• To tackle prejudice and promote understanding in relation to people with disabilities

Do you feel you need any extra support or advice regarding SEN or what the school should provide? If so, contact Staffordshire SENDIASS for free, impartial advice. The website can be found at:

SENDIASS SEND IASS - Staffordshire Family Partnership (staffs-iass.org)