Welcome to the SEND page for Harris Church of England Academy.

We believe that every child at our Academy is unique and special, so we aim to provide a broad and balanced curriculum for all. We are committed to developing cultures, policies and practices that are inclusive. Systems are in place to identify when children have barriers affecting their learning, followed by specific interventions to help children overcome these barriers. This practice of personalising learning applies to all children. For academically more able children this means provision of appropriate challenge to develop their particular talents. Where children are identified as needing additional support in any aspect, the academy follows the Code of Practice. This ensures that each child’s needs are individually and appropriately catered for, and that any outside agencies are involved in providing guidance and support.

Our Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, Mrs Hummel, holds the National Award for SEN Coordination and undertakes regular training to keep up to date with policy, guidance and best practice. Her role includes:

• Working alongside myself to determine the strategic development of the SEND policy and provision in the school
• Having day-to-day responsibility for the operation of this SEND policy and the coordination of specific provision made to support individual students with SEND, including those who have EHC Plans
• Providing professional guidance to colleagues and work with staff, parents, and other

agencies to ensure that students with SEND receive appropriate support and high-quality teaching

• Advising on the graduated approach to providing SEND support
• Advising on the deployment of the school’s delegated budget and other resources to meet students’ needs effectively
• Liaising with Designated Teacher where a Child Looked After (CLA) has SEND
• Liaising with parents/carers of students with SEND
• Liaising with other schools, educational psychologists, health and social care professionals, and independent voluntary bodies
• Being the key point of contact for external agencies, especially the local authority other local authorities and their support service.
• Liaising with potential next providers of education to ensure students and their parents are informed about options and a smooth transition is planned

For a more detailed look at SEND please refer to the SEND Policy and the SEND information report which can be found below.

We look forward to working with in the future or continuing to work with you all.

Mrs L Blackburn                                      Mrs E Hummel               Mrs J Smith

 Assistant Head (Inclusion)                      SENDCo.                        Assistant SENDCo

Key School Contact Details

Assistant Head (Inclusion) – Mrs L Blackburn

• Email: laura.blackburn@harris.covmat.org

SENDCo – Mrs E Hummel

• Email: elizabeth.hummel@harris.covmat.org

Assistant SENDCo and Specialist Teacher of English – Mrs J Smith

• Email: julia.smith1@harris.covmat.org

Specialist Teacher of Maths – Mr S Smith

• Email: simon.smith@harris.covmat.org 

Inclusion Lead - Mrs C Capeling

•  Email: clare.capeling@harris.covmat.org

Useful School Documents

• Special Educational Needs Policy
• SEND Information Report
• SENDCO report on SEND
• Disability and Accessibility Plan
• Mental-Health Policy
• Exams Policies & Procedures
• Harris Student Behaviour Policy
• SEND Information report 2024-2025

Supporting the Transition to Harris Church of England Academy

Virtual Open Evening | Harris Church of England Academy

Pictures of main areas in school  

Links to useful sources of information and support:

• National Autistic Society    
• British Dyslexia Association
• Dyscalculia Association
• Children with Disabilities Service
• Action on Hearing Loss
• RNIB
• Autism Education Trust
• ADHD Foundation
• Living with ADHD
• Mental Health: Kooth
• Young Minds
• Childline
• Dyspraxia
• Action for Children
• SEND key glossary of key terms 

Local Offer

Warwickshire Local Authority’s Local Offer page brings together information about the local services and support available across education, health and social care for families with children and young people aged 0 to 25, who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. This video tells you more about this offer: Warwickshire Local Offer Information Video

The Junction

The Junction at Harris is for Secondary age pupils whose cognition and learning is below age related expectation, but does not meet the criteria for a Generic Special School provision. Pupils will show potential to work towards mainstream accreditation. Brooke School staff will support the Junction pupils in accessing Harris classrooms. On some occasions Brooke staff will support the Junction pupils outside of the classroom for individual interventions, however, this should not be needed for the majority of the time. Where appropriate there may also be opportunities for the Junction pupils to access some learning at Brooke School. This will be decided in conjunction with parents, Harris and Brooke staff.

Referrals for admission will come from the Local Authority. The referrals are considered by the Senior Leadership Team at Brooke School to ensure that the following criteria are met.