Furze Platt Senior School is a fully comprehensive school that aims to ensure that all students ACHIEVE and experience success in all areas of their academic and personal development, irrespective of neurodiversity, disability or personal circumstances. We prioritise ambition, collaboration, happiness, integrity, endurance and versatility to achieve excellence across the curriculum and in all other areas of school life.   

This aim is realised through an inclusive approach to supporting young people with SEND and it is recognised that all members of the school community have a role to play in ensuring the young people with SEND can ACHIEVE. However, the support for young people with SEND is co-ordinated through the Furze Platt Inclusion Team.  

The Inclusion team at Furze Platt Senior School consists of the Learning Support Department, the Shine Autism Resource Base (<25 students) and the RBWM Shine Outreach Team who support young people across the RBWM schools with a diagnosis of autism. These teams can be contacted using the following details:  

Assistant Headteacher (Inclusion) (SENCO): Mrs Bethan Stiles 

Bethan.stiles@furzeplatt.net  

Head of Learning Support (SENCO): Mrs Deborah Jack  

senco@furzeplatt.net 

2 i/c Learning Support (SENCO): Mrs Christina Cook 

senco@furzeplatt.net 

Co-Heads of Shine: Mrs Julia Stimson  

shineresource@furzeplatt.net 

Shine Outreach Manager: Mrs Jo Considine 

shine@furzeplatt.net 

 

Furze Platt Senior School has experience of supporting students with the following range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: 

Communication and interaction 

• Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) 

• Autism 

Cognition and learning 

• Specific learning difficulties (SpLD e.g. dyslexia) 

• Moderate Learning difficulties (MLD) 

• Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD) 

Social, emotional and mental health 

• Anxiety, depression, self-harming, eating disorders, attachment disorder (e.g. CAMHS involvement) 

• Attention deficit hyper activity disorder (ADHD) 

Sensory and/or physical needs 

• Visual impairment (VI) 

• Hearing impairment (HI) 

• Multi-Sensory Impairment (MSI) 

• Physical disability (PD) 

Support for students with SEND is designed and implemented using the graduated approach. The curriculum at all key stages is purposefully designed to be inclusive and cater for the abilities, needs and interests of the young people within each cohort. Participation in the curriculum successfully prepares FPSS students for adulthood and life in wider society. All students with SEND are supported within the classroom using High Quality Adaptive Teaching techniques. However, in addition to this, some students require intervention and support outside of the classroom.  

Please find the FPSS local offer here:  FPSS Local Offer 

For Further Information, please see the FPSS SEND Policy and Information Report: https://www.furzeplatt.com/attachments/download.asp?file=5557&type=pdf 

More detail on the school’s offer can be found in our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Policy and Information Report which is available to view on our policies webpage: policies webpage.