STEP Academy Trust Inclusion Policy Date of Policy: Spring 2017 Review: Spring 2019 Contents Inclusion Pages 1-8 Special Educational Needs (SEND) Pages 9-19 Children Looked After (CLA) Pages 20-23 Most Able Page 24-35 English as an Additional Language (EAL) and Ethnic Minority Achievement (EMA) Page 26-33 Introduction The STEP Academy Trust Board of Trustees has agreed this Policy and as such, it applies to all Academies within the Trust. STEP Academy Trust is committed to improving the life chances of all children. Where we have the capacity to make a difference, we are morally bound to do so. The STEP Vision is to establish a family of outstanding academies where world class leaders place the children at the heart of everything. Rationale STEP Academy Trust values the abilities and achievements of all its pupils, and is committed to providing for each pupil the best possible environment for learning. We actively seek to remove the barriers to learning and/or participation that can hinder or exclude individual pupils, or groups of pupils. This means that equality of opportunity must be a reality for our children. We make this a reality through the attention we pay to the different groups of children within our Academies. This policy applies to children who: have Special Educational Needs and/ or a Disability (SEND); have medical needs; reflect social and cultural diversity; have attendance and/ or punctuality difficulties; are Young Carers; use English as an Additional Language (EAL); are from Ethnic Minority groups (EMA); are refugees or asylum seekers; are mobile life styles as Travellers; are Children Looked After (CLA); live in poverty or may be homeless; are Most Able; bully or are victims of bullying; are bereaved; are traumatised; present with safeguarding concerns.
STEP Academy Trust Inclusion Policy Date of Policy: Spring 2017 Review: Spring 2019 Contents Inclusion Pages 1-8 Special Educational Needs (SEND) Pages 9-19 Children Looked After (CLA) Pages 20-23 Most Able Page 24-35 English as an Additional Language (EAL) and Ethnic Minority Achievement (EMA) Page 26-33 Introduction The STEP Academy Trust Board of Trustees has agreed this Policy and as such, it applies to all Academies within the Trust. STEP Academy Trust is committed to improving the life chances of all children. Where we have the capacity to make a difference, we are morally bound to do so. The STEP Vision is to establish a family of outstanding academies where world class leaders place the children at the heart of everything. Rationale STEP Academy Trust values the abilities and achievements of all its pupils, and is committed to providing for each pupil the best possible environment for learning. We actively seek to remove the barriers to learning and/or participation that can hinder or exclude individual pupils, or groups of pupils. This means that equality of opportunity must be a reality for our children. We make this a reality through the attention we pay to the different groups of children within our Academies. This policy applies to children who: have Special Educational Needs and/ or a Disability (SEND); have medical needs; reflect social and cultural diversity; have attendance and/ or punctuality difficulties; are Young Carers; use English as an Additional Language (EAL); are from Ethnic Minority groups (EMA); are refugees or asylum seekers; are mobile life styles as Travellers; are Children Looked After (CLA); live in poverty or may be homeless; are Most Able; bully or are victims of bullying; are bereaved; are traumatised; present with safeguarding concerns.
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