Following the closure of schools from the 23^rd March 2020 Government guidelines stated:

Vulnerable children include those who have a social worker and those children and young people up to the age of 25 with education, health and care (EHC) plans.

Those with an EHC plan should be risk-assessed by their school in consultation with the local authority (LA) and parents, to decide whether they need to continue to be offered a school or college place in order to meet their needs, or whether they can safely have their needs met at home. This could include, if necessary, carers, therapists or clinicians visiting the home to provide any essential services. Many children and young people with EHC plans can safely remain at home.

In order to ensure that our students with EHC plans are supported we have consulted families with regards to whether or not their child needs to attend the Academy. We have ensured that the expectations for work being done at home is understood and that students can access the work being set by Academy staff. As an Academy we are undertaking multiple weekly check ins to ensure that student outcomes are kept at the forefront and that their emotional needs are being met. Work set by class teachers takes in to account the needs of the students in their classes and is open-ended in nature to allow students to engage with and further their own learning.

Contacting Staff for Additional Support

Parents of SEND students may require additional support at this time. This can be obtained by contacting the Academy on 0121 5664330 and asking reception for a message to be passed to the SENCO Ms Bailey or a member of the SEND department. Alternatively you may want to email the Academy and leave a message on closure@broadway-academy.co.uk. A response will be within 24 hours.

Cognition & Learning Support

Students on the SEND register who require additional support will continue, in the first instance to be supported by Quality First Teaching. Students who require additional support can access this by calling or emailing the Academy or informing the Pastoral team during the weekly phone call that that additional support is required. Students with EHCPs or SEN support plans can expect to receive all or a combination of the following support:

• Phone calls approximately 3 times per week
• Differentiated activities
• Reading eggs intervention
• Workbooks to support learning
• T support when required

Communication & Interaction

Students who require support for Communication & Interaction needs will continue to follow plans set out by external services at home if not attending the Academy. Students with EHCPs or SEN support plans can expect to receive all or a combination of the following support:

• Phone calls approximately 3 times per week
• Differentiated activities
• Workbooks to support learning
• T support when required
• Signposting to ASC specific websites, resources or work packs.

If additional resources are required parent/carers are to contact the SENCO to formulate a plan during the closure period. The SENCO will liaise with external agencies as necessary to support with provision as required.

Social Emotional &Mental Health 

All students will receive SEMH support from the Pastoral team in the first instance during weekly phone calls. Students on the SEND register or those who require additional support for SEMH needs can expect to receive all or a combination of the following support:

• Over the phone Mentoring
• Over the phone counselling from the Academy counsellor
• A referral to an external agency
• Signposting to Zumos self-help online platform
• Signposting to Kooth – online counselling platform
• Signposting to the Academy Student Wellbeing page

Physical & Sensory

Students who require support from Physical and Sensory needs will continue to follow plans set out by external services at home if not attending the activities. If additional equipment/resources are required parent/carers are to contact the SENCO to formulate a plan during the closure period. The SENCO will liaise with external agencies as necessary to support with provision as required.

Transition Support

There is an awareness that the transition period for students with SEND joining or leaving Broadway will be greatly affected by the current situation, however we will endeavour to continue to work alongside our Primary schools and Post 16 providers to ensure that accurate and appropriate transition information is shared to enable continuity of provision.

Over the coming weeks during the Summer term we will begin to send out transition information, activities and necessary documents to ensure that all students transition will be fully supported and that students are prepared for the next phase of their education.

Resources that support our Students’ Social, Emotional and Mental Health during this unprecedented time have been uploaded on to the Academy website and the Academy Wellbeing Page on Frog. These will continue to be updated as new information is received.

New referrals to external agencies will only be made if necessary following the usual graduated response process detailed in the Information report. However, where students are experiencing wellbeing, Social, Emotional or Mental Health issues they may be signposted to one of the following services Zumos, an online wellbeing website, Kooth an online counselling service or Pause is a local service that supports mental health.