As an inclusive school, we provide Quality First Teaching for all children in the class, including those with special education needs or disabilities. 

Additional Learning Programmes are sometimes provided for children with additional needs. These can be delivered in class by the teacher or learning support assistant, or the children might have extra support outside the classroom from specialist teachers of support staff. 

Programmes include but are not limited to: 

LALSIT Literacy teaching

Speech link - provides strategies to improve speech sounds 

Language Link - provides strategies to improve the use of language 

Word Aware - building children's vocabulary and understanding 

Paired Reading for fluency

Number Sense and Number Stacks

Precision Teaching

Sensory Circuits

Lego Therapy 

ELSA support 

Phonic keep up groups

Fundamentals - Sports Commission to support the development of gross motor skills 

Amherst has external support from specialist teaching partners including:

Speech and Language - specialist speech and language therapists 

Occupational Therapy - specialist therapist to support children's gross and fine motor skill development 

Physiotherapy - specialist to provide 1 to 1 support for special physical needs 

Les Voies Outreach - social, emotional  and behaviour support 

In addition to this, we have our community support partner including: 

KPMG - 1 to 1 reading