Additional Educational Needs

The Additional Educational Needs (AEN) Mission Statement states “Loreto Foxrock is an inclusive school that endeavours to address and respond to the diverse needs of its learners and removes barriers so that each learner is enabled to achieve the maximum benefit from their schooling”. The school takes a holistic approach in supporting each student in her individual learning journey: we recognise that different supports are needed for different learners and at different points in their education. The student is at the heart of all that we do: the aim is to encourage each girl to become an active agent in her own learning and develop skills to allow her to become an active citizen.

Students may present with additional educational needs on a temporary or long-term basis. This may include students with traditional special educational needs such as physical disabilities, specific and general learning difficulties, emotional and behavioural disorders or needs arising from neurodiversity. However, it also includes students whose learning has been impacted by external factors.

The AEN Team includes the Principal, Deputy Principal, AEN Co-ordinators, Guidance Counsellors, Year Heads, AEN teachers, EAL teachers, Inclusion Support Assistants (ISAs). The role of the ISA is to support students with AEN to access the curriculum and engage in the teaching and learning in school.

Parents/Guardians are integral stakeholders: they share information with the AEN Team and support the students’ progress at home. All students are supported by their subject teachers through differentiation and classroom-based interventions. Some students may require additional supports: co-teaching, withdrawal, differentiated learning support, ISA support, movement/rest breaks, ICT.

The school follows a three-step process to support students: identification, support/intervention, monitoring of outcomes. A label/diagnosis is not a requirement to access support. We are proud to have a diverse student body and we understand academic excellence in relation to each individual’s potential.