SEND Provision

All students at HBS have excellent academic potential and ability; and we are equally ambitious for all of our students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). We are proud of the work we do in helping to reduce any barriers for students in accessing our full curriculum, gaining superb academic outcomes and experiencing our rich enrichment and extra-curricular provision.  Through high quality and caring teaching, personalised response, and, where necessary, structured support, our students with SEND invariably realise their academic potential.

Our Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) is Mrs. N. Griffin and can be contacted at [email protected]. She works with all teaching staff, pastoral leads, support staff, parents, pupils and, where necessary, outside agencies, to ensure that every student with SEND can flourish.

Full details of how we serve the needs of those pupils identified with SEND are set out below in the school’s Special Educational Needs and Disability Policy, Special Education Needs and Disability Report, School Accessibility Plan and Exam Access Arrangements Policy. The School’s other policies which deal with aspects of pastoral care and education are also followed and integrated into our approach to SEND at all times.

Education Health Care Plans (EHCPs)

If your child has an Education Health Care Plan, and can thrive in our academically selective environment, then appropriate provision can be put in place to ensure they are fully supported. All admissions to schools through EHCP application must be through the SEND team in your local authority.