We strive to deliver high quality education that is right for each of our pupils, in an environment where they can make progress as well as develop socially and academically towards their full potential.
In accordance with the Equality Act 2010, EWD ensures that no-one within the school community is discriminated against, harassed or victimised based on any or the 9 Protected Characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
All of our pupils have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and have a primary need of Social, Emotional and Mental Health. You can find more information on EHCPs by clicking on the Education Advocacy button below. We ensure that we meet pupils’ individual needs in terms of communication and interaction, cognition and learning, SEMH and sensory and physical development according to the SEND Code of Practice 2015.
Each pupil also has a Pupil Passport which includes information on their individual needs, triggers, responses and strategies to support when distressed. We also use the Thrive® approach at EWD. Thrive® is a developmental trauma-sensitive approach to meeting the emotional and social developmental needs of all children and young people. EWD has two Adolescence Thrive® Liscenced Practitioners in school, Deborah Notley and Cath Taylor, who provide Thrive® profiles and action plans for each pupil that can be delivered by staff across school.
We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing needs of our pupils – taking into consideration; socio economic background, gender identity, medical needs, emotional wellbeing, culture or sexual orientation. We are currently working with BeYou as a Trailblazer school in Northumberland and are working towards becoming a CARE school. For more information, please contact our Senior Mental Health Practitioner, Lesley Cole, or Cath Taylor, the Designated Mental Health Lead in school. In addition many of our staff trained as Mental Health First Aiders. The Personal Development curriculum at EWD also covers aspects of mental health, including anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide.
Additionally we work closely with the Virtual School for Northumberland and ESLAC (Education Support for Looked After Children) in order to ensure inclusion for all of our pupils in care as well as their families and carers.
If you have any questions regarding Inclusion, please see our Accessibility policies, or contact our Inclusion Manager and SENCO, Cath Taylor or your child’s Form Tutors or Link Worker.
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