CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL
extending able children
the speech and language units
We are committed to ensuring that, through challenging and imaginative
We are very lucky to have Birch and Holly classes with their specially
work, we can help all our children to fulfil their true potential. We have
trained staff. The whole of Hertfordshire has a total of nine classes like this
children throughout the school that could be classed as either being more
and we have two of them here at Central. There are 10 places in the Infant
able or exceptionally able. Through careful planning teachers ensure that the
Class and 10 in the Junior Class. All the children have Speech and Language
needs of the most able are met through a differentiated approach to teaching
disorders and Hertfordshire Local Education Authority decides which
and learning. This means that work is specially adapted so that the children’s
pupils have places. The children come to school by taxi from a wide area.
learning can be extended. We also make use of our links from time to time
These children join in with all the school’s activities and are encouraged to
with local secondary schools to help meet the needs of these children.
work alongside and together with children in the main school. During this
integration staff from the speech and language class support the pupils.
children with special education needs
All schools are required to follow a statutory Code of Practice on the
identification and assessment of children with Special Educational Needs.
We are lucky to have a number of specialist staff at Central that are able
to provide effectively for the diverse range needs that children bring to our
school. We are given an amount of money in our budget especially for the
support of children with special needs. We have Learning Support Assistants
working in the classes who give support to individuals and small groups of
children under the direction of the teacher. The children also benefit from a
number of outreach workers with specialist skills that work with children
and also advise staff on the best way to support pupils’ learning needs. Any
learning difficulties or emotional or behavioural difficulties are discussed with
parents as soon as they are identified. Positive support from both home and
school is essential. The school will work out a special Individual Education
Plan for the child that is discussed with parents. Parents will decide with us
whether to ask for an assessment of a child by our Educational Psychologist.
Parents are involved in the process at all stages. If all of the professionals and
parents agree that despite lots of help a child is not progressing as well as he
or she might we can then apply to the Local Education Authority for a more
formal assessment. This is where additional help can be sought to support the
child’s learning by enabling them to access the curriculum more effectively.
Specialist teaching units
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