Reigate Park Primary School is a larger than average mainstream school of 370 pupils which was newly built in June 2015. It is situated within the Mackworth area of Derby. The school is built on 2 levels and there is a lift available. Reigate Park Primary School has been working in collaboration with Ash Croft and Cottons Farm Primary Federation since April 2016. We educate children within the primary age range, 3 -11 years, including hearing impaired children. The school has a Sound Field System in every classroom as well as in the hall.
At Reigate Park we actively encourage parents to be involved in their children’s education. Parents will be involved in all stages of the SEND procedure, beginning when initial concerns are expressed through our graduated levels of support.
Children are identified as having Special Educational Needs if their progress has slowed or stopped and the interventions and resources put in place do not enable improvement. Once this occurs, we have specific target setting plans which help support their development and accelerate progress. At this point a child is listed on an ‘SEND register’. Parents will be invited to discuss and review targets and support three times a year with the class teacher.
If your child has been identified as needing more specialist input instead of, or in addition to, good and outstanding class room teaching and intervention groups, referrals will be made to outside agencies to advise and support the school in enabling your child to make progress. Before referrals are made you will be asked to attend a meeting to discuss your child’s progress and help plan possible ways forward.

If it is agreed that the support of an outside agency is a way forward, you will be asked to give your permission for the school to refer your child to a specialist professional such as a Speech and Language Therapist or Educational Psychologist. This will help the school and yourself understand your child’s particular needs better.
The specialist professional will work with your child to understand their needs and make recommendations, which may include: making changes to the way your child is supported in class such as some individual support or changing some aspects of teaching to support them better.

Our school SENDCo holds the National Senco Award and coordinates support for children with additional needs in school. Reigate Park Primary also has two SEND Phase Leaders who support the SENDCo in providing the best education for your child. In addition to this, we have two qualified Teachers of the Deaf and another Teacher of the Deaf who is currently working towards her qualification. Staff are regularly updated on children’s medical conditions and trained to use epi pens. Our school is a nut and chocolate free zone. All SEND children, including pupils with medical conditions, have a One Page Profile which provides clear details on the best way to provide individual support for each child.

You can find full details of how we support children with additional needs in our School SEND Information Report, SEND Policy, School Accessibility Plan and on our SEN Page of the school’s website.
The admission arrangements for all pupils are in accordance with national legislation, including the Equality Act 2010. This includes children with any level of SEN; those with Education, Health and Care Plans and those without.
In common with other maintained schools, the Local Authority (Derby City Council) administers admissions into the school.

Hearing Impairment