Faculty: ASPIRE (Special Educational Needs, Emotional, Social, Literacy and Numeracy difficulties)
SENDCo – Mrs Sarah Barnes
Partnerships are formed with our feeder primary schools to ensure we have the best information available about our students. Students with additional educational needs are then provided with the opportunity to access a transition project to make sure they are confident in transferring to Vale of York.
This project begins after Christmas in year 6 and it is supported by other students in the school. All students have their reading comprehension tested upon entry to Vale of York Academy and then they are tested every year they are with us. This is to give an accurate picture of reading ability and to ensure that lessons are accessible for all students.
All students in KS3 have the opportunity to access paired reading which takes places 3 mornings a week in the library. Our Year 11 prefects listen to the KS3 students read and support them to choose books and develop their understanding of texts.
Students that fall below a standardised score of 89 will be tested every 6 months and will also be tested for single word reading ability and spelling.
For those that fall below a standardised score of 85 will be placed upon intervention programmes such as Literacy Catch up, Phonics support, Literacy Progress units and others. It is based on the needs of the individual and all students access a variety of programmes to ensure that they make accelerated progress.
Some students may be supported in class however there is opportunity to access after school support by our dedicated Inclusion team. The focus will be on pre teaching vocabulary and key concepts as well as literacy and numeracy catch up programmes.
Students may be withdrawn from their non-core lessons in KS3 to accelerate their progress in Maths and English.
All students have their reading comprehension tested upon entry to Vale of York Academy and then they are tested every year they are with us. This is to give an accurate picture of reading ability and to ensure that lessons are accessible for all students.
Students that fall below a standardised score of 89 will be tested every 6 months and will also be tested for single word reading ability and spelling.
Students who are below 85 standardised score will be tested for exam access arrangements. The outcome of these tests will identify whether they need extra time, a reader or a scribe in their GCSE exams. These arrangements are not suitable for all students.
Students may be supported in class however there is opportunity to access after school support by our dedicated Inclusion team. The focus will be on pre teaching vocabulary and key concepts as well as literacy and numeracy catch up programmes.
Course work support is available after school with our inclusion team for students who are identified as having an additional educational need.
View our SEND policy and SEND report.
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Please take a look at this short video about the pastoral care we offer at Vale of York Academy:
Thank you so much to everyone involved with @ValeYorkAcademy for this amazing food collection to support our Food Hamper Project. This project supports our families in the community. For more information go to voy.hslt.academy/sup… Have a brilliant Christmas. pic.twitter.com/8dxH…
And a huge thank you to the local businesses who came along and made the Fair special with their wonderful products. And of course, last but not least our very own @ValeYorkAcademy students who do us proud every day of the week and had some fantastic stalls.
Well what an amazing night @ValeYorkAcademy 's Christmas Fair organised by our fabulous parent group @vale_society .Thank you so much to everyone that came, particularly Santa's Apprentices from @skeltonsch @cliftongreenps @BurtonG_Primary @LakesideYork ! Any pics, please tag us! pic.twitter.com/6R2I…
Vale of York Christmas Fair - TONIGHT!!!🎅 📅 Thursday 8th December ⏰ 6-8pm Link to raffle tickets and prize list: trybooking.com/uk/ev… We hope you can join us for some festive fun! pic.twitter.com/taiW…
@ValeYorkAcademy Christmas Fair tonight 6-8 organised by our amazing parent group @vale_society . Lots of stalls, entertainment and festive fun!!!! See you later!!! #Christmas pic.twitter.com/g658…