Best Practice

Supporting SEND students – a case study

Disability
Melland High School, a SEN and disabilities academy in Manchester, was rated outstanding in all areas by Ofsted in February. Principal Judith O’Kane discusses their approaches to supporting their students and offers some ideas for mainstream schools.

Following three consecutive Ofsted inspections where Melland High School was rated outstanding in all areas of evaluation, we have worked closely with our staff, students and community to ensure continued capacity for further improvement and to maintain this status.

Through system leadership we constantly monitor our students’ progress and achievement, behaviour, attendance and safety and we provide bespoke CPD for our staff so as to constantly improve and raise standards in the quality of teaching and learning.

Since becoming a member of the Bright Futures Educational Trust we have benefited from working with the organisation’s principal child and educational psychologist and through investing in external agencies.

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