Etruscan Primary School - Organisations

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We are proud to be one of the seven primary and special schools which make up the Orchard Community Trust. The trust shares the same ethos and values as ourselves, with children being at the heart of everything we do. Our aim is to give our children a wide range of opportunities and secure the best possible outcomes for them by working in close partnership with our family of schools and with our parents and carers.

At Etruscan we want to serve our community by providing children with a high quality education and a curriculum which is relevant, engaging and aspirational. We place a strong emphasis on ensuring all of our children are included, supported and challenged so that they can realise their potential and flourish, feeling safe and happy within our caring family.

Children only get one chance at their primary education and it is our responsibility to ensure that they become lifelong learners, making the best possible progress from their individual starting points.

Etruscan school is an accessible school.

We have a lift to the second floor where Upper key Stage 2 classes are located.

We have the Dyslexia Friendly Schools Award for Stoke on Trent. 

How will you support children and young people with SEND with or without an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP)?

 We provide support for all children through quality first teaching within an inclusive environment. Where needed, additional quality, bespoke interventions are needed to promote progression and closing any gaps. This is agreed through consultation with the SENCo. Some children may access our ‘snug’ provision either full time or part time. This is a bespoke provision focussing on Speech Language and Communication Needs and is accessed by children who struggle to access learning in the main classroom. The aim of the snug is that children will learn skills in an environment that is smaller than the main classroom and they will gradually transition to the main school as appropriate and in relation to their needs and progress made. They will continue to follow the appropriate curriculum whilst in the provision, adapted to their needs.

• How does Etruscan Primary School plan the support?

Support, wherever possible, is delivered within the lesson alongside all other children. If further support is required through specific intervention, this is carefully timetabled to ensure the full breadth and balanced curriculum is offered.

• How and when will I be involved in planning my child or young person’s education?

Grownups are invited to parents/carers evenings twice a year where you can discuss your child’s progress and attainment. Additional meetings will be arranged three times a year to discuss your child’s passport, to review their current targets and to set new targets. Children with an EHCP will have an Annual Review.

What additional learning support is available?

All support staff are effectively deployed across the school to support teaching and learning. Identified children will access carefully planned interventions, overseen by the SENCo. In addition to this the Inclusion team are deployed to provide quality support through evidence-based programmes to children with significant additional needs as directed by external agencies.

• How will the school modify teaching approaches to meet my child or young person’s needs?

We modify our teaching approaches according to the needs of the individual child. We scaffold the learning to suit the child’s ability. Where any outside agency has been involved and any specific requirements have been advised these are shared with all staff working with the child so that they can be incorporated into the teaching.

 • How do you know how effective the school’s provision is for children with special educational needs?

Quality First Teaching takes place in all classrooms. In addition, any intervention that is used to support a child’s needs will have pre and post assessment. This may be in the form of a standardised assessment, a questionnaire, samples of work etc. The pre and post assessment will be analysed to see where improvements have been made or where quality first teaching or an intervention may need adapting. These assessments will be discussed with you at your child’s passport review or parent/carer consultation.