SEN & Disabilities
As a school which is successful in unlocking the barriers to learning for every girl, HAB has excellent Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) provision.
We ensure that every girl can access the full curriculum wherever possible, with a mixture of in class support and one-to-one or small group teaching when needed.
We provide support for students who need help with their reading skills through various interventions such as Phonics sessions, SALT therapy, guided reading, and Reader Leader. These targeted sessions allow students to work on specific reading skills tailored to their individual needs. The sessions cover phonics, fluency, comprehension, inference, and vocabulary. Our phonics lessons are based on the Fresh Start program, which is a structured, cumulative, and multi-sensory literacy program focusing on the systematic teaching of phonics to improve students' decoding, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. Selected students in Key Stage 3 (Year 7-9) attend these intervention sessions 3 to 4 times a week in small groups or one-on-one.
A summary of HAB’s graduated SEN provision can be downloaded as a PDF below.
Our team of SEND specialists include reading teachers, speech and language therapists and an educational psychologist.
Information about the local authority offer can be found at http://localoffer.southwark.gov.uk/
Key People
| Position | Name | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Principal | Gizlé Landman | principal@harrisbermondsey.org.uk |
| SENCO | Leeanne Manzi | Leeanne.manzi@harrisbermondsey.org.uk |
| SEND Governor | Joanne Whitehead |
Leeanne Manzi, SENCO, can be contacted by email at Leeanne.manzi@harrisbermondsey.org.uk or by phone on 0207 237 9316, or at Harris Academy Bermondsey, 55 Southwark Park Road, Bermondsey, London SE16 3TZ.
