Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
At Shipston High School, we are committed to ensuring that every student with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)—including those who are currently exploring a diagnosis—has access to an inclusive, adaptable, and ambitious curriculum. Our approach is child-centred and carefully tailored to meet each young person’s individual needs.
We believe that every student should experience success, develop confidence and ambition, and feel a genuine sense of belonging within our supportive school community.
SEND students at Shipston High School benefit from:
  • High-quality teaching in every classroom, delivered by experienced staff who know and understand their students.
  • A range of more than ten proven academic, social, and emotional interventions designed to promote exceptional progress.
  • Individualised Support Plans tailored to support each student’s learning and development.
  • Access to our dedicated inclusion base, Home Away from Home.
  • A designated sensory area to support students’ wellbeing and self-regulation.
  • Strong partnerships with parents and carers through ‘Meet the SENCO’ events and SEND coffee evenings.
  • A bespoke personal development programme focused on students’ strengths, aspirations, and future goals.
We value the voices of both students and parents and actively involve them in decisions about the support and provision a child receives. As a parent or carer, you can be confident that your child will leave Shipston High School feeling understood, listened to, successful, and – most importantly – happy.

Key Personnel
Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO): Mrs. Kirsty Shuker

 

 

Nominated SEND Governor: Brian Punt

Definition of SEND
 A child or young person has special educational needs if:

  • they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for them;
  • they have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age;
  • they have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age.

The Learning Support Team

Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO): Mrs Kirsty Shuker

Learning Support Assistants:

Mrs. Burt
Mrs. Hale
Mrs. Hughes
Mrs. McClusky

 

Section 1: Our Policy
Section 2: Our offer
Section 3: Supporting your child inside the classroom
Section 4: Supporting your child outside the classroom
  • Intervention offer
  • Images of Home From Home
Section 5: Our staff
  • PPT of staff
Section 6: Transition
Section 7: Local Offer
Section 8: Parental Support

 

SEND Documents

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