At Stockport College, we want every student to feel supported, valued and confident in achieving their goals. Our Inclusion Team provide specialist support for students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), providing a welcoming and inclusive environment where you can learn, grow and succeed.
You’ll be supported by specialist teachers and learning facilitators who understand your individual needs and work with you to help you get the most from your time at college.
We’ll work with you to identify the right support for your individual needs.
Support may include:
We know that everyone learns differently. That’s why we take a personalised approach, adapting lessons, activities and support to help you overcome challenges, build on your strengths and achieve your ambitions.
Our focus is on helping you develop the skills, confidence and independence needed for the future, both in and out of the classroom.
Throughout your course, you’ll have opportunities to develop:
We want every student to leave college feeling prepared for their next step, whether that’s further study, supported internships, employment, volunteering or greater independence.
We’re committed to creating a supportive community where everyone is included, respected and encouraged to achieve their full potential. Whatever your goals, we’ll work with you to help you build the skills, experiences and confidence to succeed in the future.
We understand that coming to college can be a new challenge for some students. The Transition Co-ordinators work closely with schools and partner agencies so that we can plan transition to college at the earliest opportunity. Transition Co-ordinators attend Year 11 reviews in order to support the EHCP review process and identify how we can support your needs at College. Transition Co-ordinators will work with you to put together the transition support programme you need. This may include meeting with you at school reviews, arranging personalised visits to college and supporting you at interview to ensure everything is in place from your first day with us.
We will use our best endeavours to put appropriate learning support in place to meet students’ educational needs, including those without Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans. Before support is put in place, we will carry out an initial assessment of students who have disclosed an additional need. This may be followed up with an observational assessment carried out in the classroom. We may also ask if we can contact your previous provider for information from them.
If you have an EHCP, we will work with you, and external agencies if required, to ensure you are being supported towards the short-term targets and longer-term outcomes. We will coordinate your annual review where progress towards outcomes set are reviewed, any amendments to plans made, and the support provided in College considered to make sure that you are being supported in the best possible way to help you achieve.
These will adopt a multi-agency approach and all professionals working to meet the requirements of the plan will be invited. Support will be reviewed regularly, taking into account your individual progress and any changes to your ambitions and aspirations, which may lead to changes in the type and level of support.
For our full Local Offer, please view or download our SEND Policy, which can be found on our Group Website.
We advise that you take up the opportunity to talk to our Inclusion Team when you visit our School Leaver open events so that we can be sure to offer you the support you need at the start of your journey. The early identification of your individual learning support needs could be the key to your success, if you have a learning difficulty or disability that has been identified on an EHCP.
