Welcome to the Team
Saihma Piperdy
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator, SENDCo at Lyndon School
Christa Vines
Trust Director of Inclusion
Richard Bohdanowitsch
Vice Principal Behaviour and SEND
Lyndon School recognises and values the individuality of all pupils.
We are committed to giving all students every opportunity to achieve the highest standards. This includes all pupils regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical status and ability. We strive to create a sense of community and belonging for all our students. We are incredibly proud of our inclusive ethos with high expectations and suitable targets, a broad and balanced curriculum for all children and systems for early identification of barriers to learning and participation.
At Lyndon School, we welcome everybody from our local community. We believe that our own school community should provide every child with the opportunity to achieve their full potential. When considering Lyndon School as a choice for your child our families can be assured that we will make reasonable adjustments for students with special educational needs and disability.
Every student at Lyndon School has the opportunity to follow all National Curriculum subjects as well as following an appropriate GCSE or Vocational curriculum pathway.
We are committed to narrowing the attainment gap between SEND and non-SEND students. It is our policy to not withdraw students from lessons wherever possible.
We expect all students, regardless of their ability to undertake a full and broad curriculum.
Monitoring
- The Special Educational Needs Policy is monitored by the Board of Trustees.
- The SENDCo presents SEND issues to Academy Governors at Governors meetings, through the Head teacher’s Report, and through meetings with the Academy Governor with responsibility for the school’s arrangements and provision for meeting Special Educational/Disability Needs.
- The Academy Governor with responsibility for SEND is appointed annually at the first full Academy Governors meeting of the school year.
- The Academy Governor with specific oversight for the provision for students with Special Educational Needs for the academic year 2023/2024 is Natalie Cox .
The Local Offer has two main purposes:
- To provide clear, comprehensive, accessible and up-to-date information about the available provision and how to access it
- To make provision responsive to local needs and aspirations by directly involving children and young people with SEND, their parents, and the professionals who work with them in its development and review.
What will the Local Offer cover?
The Local Offer will help you to find information about what universal, targeted and specialist provision is available for children and young people with SEND in Solihull and Birmingham and how to access different types of services and support.
Solihull’s Local Offer
Local authorities must publish a Local Offer, setting out in one place information about provision that is available and provision that is expected to be across education, health and social care for children and young people in their area who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Click here to view Solihull local offer
Birmingham’s Local Offer
Solihull Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) aims to:
- Provide information, advice and support to children and young people up to the age of 25 with SEND
- Provide information, advice and support to the parents/carers of children and young people up to the age of 25 with SEND
- Provide impartial advice about matters relating to SEND, including issues relating to health and social care
- Offer support to parents/carers and children and young people with SEND in participating in decisions made about the child/young person’s education, health and social care
Birmingham SENDIAS Service
Offers impartial information, advice and support to children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities.
The service is impartial, confidential, and free. If you’re a parent or young person being assessed, the service can:
- Help you to understand the referral process
- Act as a named contact throughout the process
- Help you to communicate with everyone involved in the assessment process
- Provide information about personal budgets
- Put you in touch with other people who can help, if necessary
Route 2 Wellbeing Directory
Route 2 Wellbeing Birmingham is the definitive guide to local voluntary and community health and care services in Birmingham. Route 2 Wellbeing makes it easy to find local services and activities that promote good health and wellbeing.
Family Information Service directory
The Family Information Service have a wealth of information and advice on choosing childcare (including accessing 2, 3 and 4 year old funding), finding activities for your children and helping you to access any support you may need.
