Bangkok Patana Primary School caters for children with a wide range of abilities. Our Learning Support teachers are available to assist students who need support in meeting the challenges of the curriculum.
Learning Support advises teachers on planning and providing further differentiation and resources as well as practical teaching and assessment support. The range of musical, sporting and artistic opportunities provided by the school also gives many opportunities for talents to be developed outside the formal classroom setting.
Our Learning Support team works in partnership with students, parents and class teachers. We recognise individual strengths and differences in teaching the whole child. If any child experiences barriers to their learning, a collaborative approach to assessment is used to identify strengths, needs and if necessary, implement a programme of support.
In the rare case that we feel our resources are unable to adequately meet the specific needs of a child, we will suggest an alternative, more appropriate school is chosen.
We follow many of the procedures of the UK Code of Practice. When a student is referred to the Learning Support team, parents will be informed. If an Individualised Education Programme, or IEP, is required, targets are set with parents and teachers and are reviewed regularly. An IEP is an individualised agreed plan of action which is regularly reviewed as part of the reporting cycle to parents.
Children requiring speech and language therapy may be referred to our school speech therapist who will assess a child’s needs and then provide a programme of therapy if appropriate. Fees are charged for the services of the speech therapist and for any in-school support which is in addition to that provided by our Learning Support teachers.
If specialist intervention is recommended, for example, from an Educational Psychologist, the Learning Support staff can provide information on contacts and options available to parents.