SEND Provision & Inclusion 

Chingford Foundation School is seeking accreditation as a centre of excellence for the Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM). We seek to create an inclusive community where all students from the local area are welcomed regardless of gender, orientation, disability, race, religion or belief.

We are passionate about including students with SEND in all aspects of school life; this is core part of the CFS Way and the CARE values. As such, we

• Genuinely care for the welfare, education and experience of students with neurodiversity (CFS is one of two schools in Waltham Forest that are part of the VRU’s ‘Difference Matters’ project).
• Have a determination to ensure that students with SEND have that self-belief and self-esteem to succeed – and for staff to be ambitious in their expectations of all students with SEND.
• Strive to foster and develop a culture of respect in which the many unique attributes of SEND and neurodiversity are seen for the many strengths such young people offer society – and, indeed, the many things that neurotypical people struggle more with.
• Strive to ensure that children with SEND have an equality of access to the curriculum and all the opportunities the school has to offer.

Underpinning these values is the over-arching aim of the school - to provide a ‘firm foundation for life’ and ‘no child left behind’; CFS is committed in its mission to do so for all students. As such, every teacher is a teacher of students with SEND, and every leader is a leader of SEND, through a ‘quality-first teaching’ approach, in which lessons are adapted to meet learners’ needs. This is reinforced, supported by, and an integral part of, the school’s programme for staff training and development, which is updated annually.

We have effective systems in place to make sure that the school’s staff have a good understanding of each child’s strengths and needs and bespoke support is offered when required.

We endeavour to work closely, and in partnership, with parents of SEND students and, when deemed necessary, seek the support of outside agencies.

• Links and useful sources of information - click here.
• For further details on Waltham Forest Local Offer - click here.
• If your child is experiencing barriers to learning, please contact us - sen@chingfordfs.org.uk . School staff can identify and respond; this may include referral to specialists who may diagnose SEND,
• The SENDCo team will then do the following- click here

Contacts

All SEN enquiries to be directed to this email address in the first instance: sen@chingfordfs.org.uk

If you have not received a reply within one week, please contact the following staff:

For information on how we support students with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) please click on the documents below:SEN Information Report Inclusion / SEND PolicyAccessibility Plan & Policy Provision Map & Interventions Directory