Staff knowledge and understanding

• Teachers understand their roles and responsibilities regarding SEND.
  
  
• Teachers understand that all children are different and learn at different rates.
  
  
• Teachers have an understanding of the learning needs of children in their class(es).
  
  
• Teachers have high expectations of each member of their class.
  
  
• Teachers feel confident in meeting the learning needs of the children in their class.
  
  
• Teachers have an understanding of how the learning needs of children can influence their behaviour and motivation. 
  
  
• Teachers have knowledge of risk factors associated with learning progress.
  
  
• Teachers know how to create an effective teaching environment.
  
  
• Teachers use a range of different classroom resources to support my teaching, for example writing frames, prompt sheets etc.
  
  
• Teachers are aware of the learning hierarchy and how to apply it to their planning and teaching.
  
  
• There is a visual timetable in the classroom that is referred to on a daily basis.
  
  
• There is a working vocabulary wall in the classroom which is regularly referred to.
  
  
• Teachers know how to reduce the demands of the curriculum in lessons.
  
  
• Teachers can recognise early signs of pupils at risk of underachieving.
  
  
• Teachers have an awareness of the effect of their own behaviour on the class.
  
  
• Teachers manage their own emotional well-being to maintain an appropriate work-life balance.
  
  
• Teachers can modify their responses to children on the basis of their individual need.
  
  
• Teachers work as part of a team with any teaching assistants they have in their classrooms.
  
  
• Teachers have access to CPD opportunities and other support to meet learning and SEND needs.
  
  
• Teachers are able to discuss learning concerns with the SENCo when required.