Year 5 Virtual Open Day

Brixham College has an experienced SEND team, that has had proven success in supporting students with a range of SEND needs. Whether a student joins Brixham College with a historic or ongoing SEND need or need only surfaces once the student has started with us, we work with both the student and parents to tailor the support package to the student. In order to identify where potential support my be required, at the start of Y7, students undertake the CATs (Cognitive Ability Test) as this gives a clear insight into where a student’s strengths lie, as well as where they may have deficits or weaknesses in an area that can then be address from Term 1 of Y7.  For Year 7’s and/or Mid-Year transitions that come to us with a historic SEND issue it is address through the transition process of the student starting with us. Here at Brixham College we provide support that is tailored and monitored through the national 5 key SEND areas. These include:

In addition, the college not only supports a host of SEMH needs, but also supports an Enhanced Provision for those students in receipt of an EHCP and have a diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. *For places and access to the Autism Provision, please see the Brixham College Local Offer – ASC Enhanced Provision.

 

Meet the Team

Each student that is deemed as requiring support in any of these areas, will be added to the college’s SEND Register. This allows staff to identify from day one, where these student/s will need additional help and support within their classes, as well as through home learning tasks and other elements of a college day. 

 

For some students, this may also result in them being identified as requiring targeted support/intervention through the number of specific intervention groups e.g. literacy, reading comprehension, numeracy support etc.

Should a student be identified as requiring additional support within the classroom setting, the teacher is the first port of call, and is responsible for making sure that their lessons are both engaging as well as the work being tailored/differentiated to that individuals need. Should a teacher feel additional support is required a SEND referral is then logged with the college SENDCo, who will review the students and make further recommendations. If a Teaching Assistant is already in support of a designated student within the group/s, our TA’s will be alerted to other students that may need assistance through the SENDCo or by the class teacher themselves on a lesson by lesson basis. At secondary level, we use Teaching Assistants in a highly directed way, and are linked to students that are already in receipt of an EHCP, very different to a primary school approach. However our TA’s will offer assistance if re-directed by the teacher, or if they too, can see a student struggling and will also log this for further review going forward. 

Part of the Brixham College legend is the world renowned Summer School. It is open to all Year 6 students a couple of weeks before joining us.

Summer School is designed to give our new September Year 7’s, an insight into life at Brixham College, the values we hold and strive for, as well as supporting the students to start their secondary education journey with us, being the best they can be.

The Summer School is all about developing character, leadership and how to develop and build new relationships with peers, as well as giving our new Year 7’s the skills needed to make that important and positive start with us.

Each of the five summer school days, are based on a college value, High Expectations, Knowledge, Character, Leadership and Continuous Improvement. During these days, students will begin to develop, both their understanding of what this means to them as an individual, as well as for the Brixham College community.

All activities are design to give students access to new experiences, as well as introduce them to enrichment opportunities that the college offers. Our House system is also an integral part of the college, and so a summer school house challenge is launched at the start of the week with many key activities during each day, adding to the house challenge accumulator.