SENCo – Helen Travis 

Contact – SEND@dartonacademy.org.uk 

At Darton Academy we are committed to ensuring that any student with Special Educational Needs is fully included within our academy and receives the support they need so that they can achieve their potential. We encourage and expect students to engage in activities of the school alongside their peers so far as is reasonably practical and compatible with their needs. We ensure that any student who requires additional support, for whatever reason, will be recorded according to the Code of Practice at SEN K or EHCP level.  

The SENCO and the SEND team are responsible for providing support to other staff in the academy for students’ needs to be met. The nature of this support is specifically tailored and determined by the needs of the individual student or teaching group. The support may involve: Teaching Assistant support in lessons, adaptive teaching, intervention work or advice from the SENCO. The SENCO will involve the students, their parents, their teachers and other necessary professionals in the planning of support.  

We communicate with parents regularly through professional meetings, 1-2-1 meetings, via our SEND and Inclusion Teams, through school parents’ evenings and via My Child at School. All students on the SEND register have a learning passport which is shared with all staff to ensure that all staff are involved in supporting our students.  

The SENCO also works closely with the local primary schools and the local authority to ensure that students are appropriately transitioned to us from our feeder schools.