Kathryn Jane Allen

Supporting your Child’s Needs

At RAK Academy BSK, we welcome students of all abilities and backgrounds, providing a supportive and international environment for your child to grow in. We believe that all students should be provided with a safe environment in which they enjoy learning and make outstanding progress.

Support for students begins at admission, with a thorough identification process to ensure that appropriate support is available; and continues with ongoing identification and support through the academic and student support networks.

We have a strong commitment to inclusion and pastoral support. Therefore, students identified as needing additional support will either receive targeted Special Educational Needs/Disability (SEND or Students of Determination) support from our RAKA ZONE Team or English as an Additional Language (EAL) support. RAK Academy also provides support to those students who are deemed as ‘More- Able’.  We believe that every teacher is a teacher of every student.

At RAK Academy, we offer the inclusive provision of ‘Quality First Teaching’ with additional support, intervention, differentiation, and personalization, where appropriate, through a graduated response.

Our provision ensures:

• SEND students have Individualised Education Plans (IEP) that specify the structure of support, category of eligibility, the students’ areas of need and strengths, and interventions and goals.

• SEND and EAL students are taught by well-qualified staff with high levels of expertise.

• SEND and EAL students are supported to access a mainstream curriculum that challenges them academically and socially and sets high aspirations for their progress and achievement.

• Support for SEND and EAL students is personalized to their individual needs, which might include withdrawal from lessons and/or in-class support.

• The teaching staff is trained to know and understand how best to support children with SEND and EAL needs, building a repertoire of strategies in response to simple, pragmatic information provided by the SEND and EAL Teams.

• A variety of assessment methods are used to monitor performance and progress.

• Training and support are provided regularly to all support staff working within the SEND team.

• Regular communication between parents, teachers, and the school is maintained.

• The school has a SENDCo and has created strong links with external agencies such as Educational Psychology, ABA Therapy, and Occupational Therapy.

The school ensures that screening tests for Access Arrangements are undertaken and in place, for all those students who require this provision, for both internal and public examinations.

At RAK Academy we believe strong parental involvement in schools is a key part of students’ success. Therefore, we value and welcome working in partnership with parents to ensure that the right support and intervention is in place to support student’s needs for them to reach their full potential.  Should you have any concerns regarding your child’s education or learning needs please inform the school.  We encourage follow-ups with your child’s subject/class teacher in order to identify areas where the child is facing challenges, attendance at Parents Information Days/Evenings, as well as monitoring and supporting their learning at home.