ALN

Additional Learning Needs (ALN)

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community for learners of all abilities and challenges. We recognise that many learners throughout their full time education will experience an occasion when they need support from time to time ‘in addition to, the education provision made generally for pupils’.

The fundamental principles set out in the ALN Code of Practice for Wales underpin this approach, together with guidelines established by the Local Authority.

Our Additional Learning Needs Coordinator (ALNCo) attends termly meetings to update the whole staff on current developments and to advise on its implementation. These procedures are clearly understood and implemented by all staff. Teachers differentiate tasks to meet the individual learners.

We are committed to promoting high standards of appropriate achievements and progress for all learners with additional learning needs.

The Governor with responsibility for ALN is Mr Chris Law.

The ALN Coordinator, with the Headteacher and Governing Body, plays a key role in the development of the ALN policy and provision in the school. 
 

 Our Aims:

• To enable learners with identified additional needs and challenges to have access to a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum.
• To meet the needs of all learners with additional needs, with the support of the Local Authority and outside agencies.
• To take into account the views and wishes of learners (where possible) and families/carers when developing provision and practice for additional support, through person centred planning approaches. 
• To involve learners in setting targets agree the strategies, support, approaches and success criteria to achieve these targets. 
• To involve learners in transition phases when entering the school and transferring between Key Stages and classes.
• To use the school's assessment, recording and reporting system as part of the identification process of additional learning needs.
• To keep informed of best practice when devising intervention, support and provision. 
• To support identification of need and any additional support requirements, through a ‘cause for concern’ system, allowing further monitoring of learner progress. 
• To review the intervention and provision as part of the school assessment cycle.