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EMS - SpLD
What is an Enhanced Mainstream School (EMS)?
Lady Lumley’s is part of North Yorkshire County Council’s network of enhanced mainstream schools providing specialist advice and outreach support for Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD). From our support base at the heart of Lady Lumley’s School, we provide specialist teaching advice and support to children and young people in 34 local primary and secondary schools, in the Ryedale and Wolds area.
What is a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD)?
Children and young people with specific learning difficulties may experience particular difficulties in learning to read, write, spell or manipulate numbers to the extent that their performance in these areas may be below their performance in other areas, despite appropriate learning opportunities. They may also experience problems with the speed of processing information, with working memory, with organisational skills and with co-ordination.
The EMS and SpLD Team at Lady Lumley's School
We have specialist teaching and support staff who are professionally trained and have specific expertise. We have additional resources and funding to support the education of children with SpLD.
| Sharon Leonard | Teacher in Charge |
| Sarah Wilmore | Advanced Teaching Assistant |
| Sue Stott | Specialist Teacher |
| Claire Nicholls | Admin Assistant |
About the Support We Offer...
Advice and training on:
- Curriculum differentiation and personalised learning
- Modification of the learning environment / the physical and educational implications of specific conditions
- Access arrangements
- Modelling and coaching of teaching approaches and support for targeted pupils within the mainstream schools
Supporting:
- Transitions
- Identification and assessment of specific needs
- Professional development for staff
- One to one teaching, where appropriate
How to Contact the EMS SpLD Team for Advice
Telephone: 01751 470046 / 472846 E-mail: spld@ladylumleys.net
Schools are encouraged to contact the EMS:
- For advice on SpLD approaches and strategies
- To discuss appropriate provision for un-named pupils
- To discuss a potential pupil referral
- To make a pupil referral for direct support or intervention from the SpLD team.
Schools will find the following documents very useful:
- Specific Learning Difficulties Guidance Folder
- Supporting Children and Young People with Co-ordination Difficulties
- At A Glance (Guidance to Support Schools and Settings in Meeting the Needs of all Learners)
- Support and Outreach from an EMS for SpLD - Guide for Schools (Sept 2012)
Making a Pupil Referral for SpLD Intervention and Support
Every school is expected to have reviewed its provision in relation to an individual child prior to any referral to an EMS. This should include a school being able to identify the adaptations it has made to curriculum, environment, policies, procedures and support in order to try and meet a child’s needs.
Schools are strongly advised to discuss a potential referral with the SpLD team before making a referral. Once it is jointly agreed that a referral for a specific pupil is appropriate, schools will need to gather supporting documentation as follows:
- Request for Involvement Form (for electronic submission)
- Review current strategies and interventions for the pupil
- Update / put together the pupil’s Inclusion Passport
- Discuss this process with parents and obtain parental permission for EMS intervention
- Update / put together an Individual Provision Map
- Update / put together a School Provision Map
- Gather assessment data, eg National Curriculum Levels, PIVATS
- Gather reports from other agencies who may be involved
- Gather examples of work and unaided writing
To help guide you though the referral process, click here to see the Referral Flowchart
Where appropriate, the SpLD team will work with the mainstream school, pupil and parents to prepare and maintain a detailed Record of Support and Intervention (ROSI). This includes assessment information based on discussions, observations, and in some instances, testing. The ROSI also contains an overview or Plan for the intervention as agreed by all involved. Progress will be reviewed and evaluated regularly.
To enable us to monitor our service and meet the individual needs of each pupil, we welcome and value your feedback. We will issue a series of feedback / evaluation forms at the relevant stages of the process, here are some examples:
- Pupil Self-Evaluation Form (Primary)
- Parent Feedback Form
- Pupil Self-Evaluation (Secondary)
- School Evaluation Form
The Dyslexia Quality Mark
Lady Lumley’s School proudly holds the Dyslexia Quality Mark. The DQM is an award granted by NYCC in recognition of the steps taken by schools towards becoming fully inclusive and ‘dyslexia friendly’.
Mainstream schools considering self-evaluation towards the DQM can contact the SPLD team to discuss the journey. More information can be found in the Specific Learning Difficulties Guidance Folder, Section 3.
Useful Information for Parents
Here are some useful links of where to get more information:
Practical Resources for Parents and Schools
Click on the links below for our practical Top Tips to support children and young people with specific learning difficulties.
- Cued Spelling
- Spell it Out
- Alternatives for Written Recordings
- Decodable/Tricky Words - bookmark template
- Multi-Sensory Maths Booklet
- Memory Skills and Strategies Booklet
- Writing Frames - a range of templates
- Writing Mat - template
- Paired Reading for Parents
- Paired Writing Flowchart
- Proof Reading - key ring template
- Supportive IT Programmes
- The Dyslexia Friendly Classroom
- Ace Spelling Dictionary - aurally coded spelling dictionaries (2 versions available) as recommeded by the Dyslexia Awareness campaign.
The above are just a small selection of commonly recommended strategies – for more detail we recommend you take a look in the SpLD Guidance Folder or DCD Folder or contact us.
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