Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)

Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) - dyslexia, dyscalculia.

• Staff use a wide range of resources to promote multi-sensory, practical, creative and independent learning. 
• Tasks are appropriately adapted to ensure all children are able to access and achieve with increasing independence.  
• Use of materials and resources to ensure learning is multi-sensory and practical and promotes independence.  
• Additional processing/thinking time for responding to questions, completing tasks, sharing ideas.  
• Opportunity for pre-teach and reinforcement sessions.  
• Topic vocabulary is introduced in advance and reinforced throughout.  
• Additional support in class from the class teacher/teaching assistant  
• Small group or 1:1 targeted intervention programmes to improve skills in a variety of areas, e.g. phonics groups, Wordshark, 1:1 reading. 
• All classes have access to an SEN Toolkit which has a selection of specialised equipment to support pupils learning and overcome their barriers. 
• Provision of table top resources to promote independence and ensure that learning is multi-sensory and practical. 
• We use ICT to reduce barriers to learning where possible.  
• We promote alternative approaches to capturing and recording work, for example pictorial rather than written. 
• We use specific strategies and resources to support pupils with dyslexia e.g. word banks to support spelling of key words, reading rulers.  
• We ensure children who need it are given additional processing/thinking time for responding to questions, completing tasks, sharing ideas  
• We seek support, advice and training from SENDOS and other outside agencies, including Educational Psychologist, to ensure any barriers to success are fully identified and responded to.  
• Multi-agency involvement with the family as required  
• We assess pupils regularly and report progress to parents and staff.  
• Differentiated and, where applicable, individually personalised homework. 

Updated September 2024