Joining SJB with SEND

SJB understands the journey all parents have when deciding their child’s next school. 

It is important that you work closely with the SENCo at your current school and local authority caseworker to determine the best setting for your child and your family.

With so many factors and pressures on parents, it is understandable that the process and pathways can become overwhelming particularly at points of transition. We wish to reassure you that we frequently update our website in response to your queries and try to ensure it is a true reflection of the provision we provide.

It is important that you have read our SEND policy and other SEND documents if you are planning on naming us as your preferred school for Year 7 so you fully understand the offer we can provide. These can be found on the main SEND page on our website.

As an oversubscribed school, there are limitations to our capacity as a SEND team and so whilst much of our work supports those students with an Educational Health & Care Plan (EHCP), we continue to provide our best endeavours to those students with any additional needs throughout the school. It is important to remember that many students with SEND needs can be fully supported in the classroom by their class teachers using high-quality teaching. For more information on this please see Surrey's Ordinary Available Provision information https://www.surreylocaloffer.org.uk/practitioners/resources/ordinarily-available-provision#panel-5.

Even with a diagnosis, additional support is not always necessary; we endeavour to maximise the time students spend in lessons to optimise learning. If a short course of intervention, such as executive functioning is required; the course is often conducted in form time, allowing students to learn strategies they can then utilise to build independence and resilience in the mainstream.

Once a child’s place is confirmed, The SJB SEND team will be in touch with primary schools to arrange the first visit whilst they are in Year 6. At the discretion of the transition team, students who are identified as requiring additional supported transition will be offered opportunities to get to know us before they start. This may be in their primary school or, for a small number of children, at SJB as part of additional transition work.