Access and Inclusion

Who we are

Daniella Rutting – Head of A&I
Alina Matei – Second in Charge
Lyn Sibley – Head of EAL
Julie Celisse – RU Manager
Debbie Connolly – Senior LSA
Joanne Green – Nurture Group co-ordinator
Josephine Gibson – SEN teacher
Carmen Drysdale - SEN teacher
Marsha Soriano - SEN teacher
Anna Szkolnik – EAL teacher
Urszula Sroda - EAL teacher
Krishna Das - EAL teacher, Head of Bengali
Kamal Ahmed - EAL teacher
Anne-Belle Esteves – RU teacher
Lina Hitchcock – RU LSA
Allison Alexander – RU LSA
Farida Chowdhury - LSA
Gurnam Bhaker - LSA
Jean Lane - LSA
Samia Rahman - LSA
Rahima Begum - LSA
Shanaz Begum - LSA
Davinder Singh - LSA
Yasin Ali - LSA
Linda Gibson - LSA
Tasnim Ullah - LSA
Elizabeth Sibanda - LSA
Siddrah Islam - LSA

2 members of the SLT, Diane Taylor (Deputy Head) and Paul Blum (Assistant Head) also teach in the faculty. Regina Begum is the A&I administrator.

What we do

We offer support to students in a variety of areas: support with their learning; their English language acquisition skills; their attendance; their friendships; their motivation; their emotional, behavioural and social skills and their language and communication skills.

How we do it

We support students in class. We withdraw students to work on literacy. We withdraw students to develop their language skills. We run an option class in Y10 and Y11, Next Step. We have the Referral Unit. We have a Year 7 Nurture Group. We run a Year 12 Entry Level class which includes ESOL lessons. We work closely with people like the School Home Support Worker (Pat Adams) and the Parent Outreach Worker (Ruba Talukdar). We organise for outside specialists to come into school to help.

Key Stage 3

There is space for 12 students in the Y7 Nurture Group. This specialist support is for those students who would find the change from primary to secondary school very challenging for emotional, social or learning reasons. In Year 7 and 8 (and sometimes in Y9) we withdraw students who have a reading age below 9 so that they can improve their literacy across the curriculum. Some students need to work on an individual or small group language & communication skills programme. Students receive in-class support from LSAs and SEN or EAL teachers. Some students have friendship group sessions with the Referral Unit Staff or may have 1:1 self-esteem improvement sessions.

Key Stage 4

In Key Stage 4, we offer support to the Entry Level classes in English, Maths, Science, Citizenship or ICT, either by offering Partnership (or team) teaching or in-class support from an LSA. Some GCSE classes also benefit from support from our faculty. We teach our own option class: Next Step. This is made up of 2 groups- one for students who are learning English and one for girls who need additional learning support. However, the groups go on (many) trips together. In the Referral Unit, KS4 students work on their coursework and their core skills so that they can reintegrate easily back into the mainstream. This year there are two new Level 1 option courses - Travel and Tourism and Hospitality and Catering. These are also supported by nour faculty.

Post-16

Students enrolled on the Entry Level course are following an ESOL course. They also have lessons in Adult Literacy, Numeray, Communication, Art, ICT, Performing Arts and the opportunity to attend Fitness sessions. Where support is needed in the Level 1 course (currently Health and Social Care), we aim to provide that through SEN or EAL teacher or LSA support.

Accommodation

The Access and Inclusion Faculty is the biggest faculty in the school and is available across both campuses. The Nurture Group is in the NG1 hut at Harley Grove. The main teaching rooms are F10 at Harley Grove and C20 and C25 at the CTC. These rooms and NG1 have networked computers. We make good use of the LRC space where necessary. The Referral Unit is at the CTC and has 2 teaching rooms and a therapeutic room. Withdrawal lessons take place in a variety of teaching rooms.