Hello and welcome to the Haywood Academy WISH!
Our Welfare, Inclusion and SEND Hub is based within the academy and is integral in ensuring that our students, families and wider community receive support in order that they can flourish. Our highly-skilled team and qualified staff offer advice, guidance, mentoring and intervention in order to address any barriers to learning. The team will go over and above to support our students and their families.
Our facilities include:
- a range of intervention rooms used for SEND support, 1:1 mentoring and group well-being sessions
- confidential spaces for counselling and meetings
- dedicated nurture provision
- community rooms used for community events, counselling, school nurse appointments, early-help meetings, attendance clinics and family meetings
- a dedicated reflection room for students to use to provide an opportunity to consider choices and positive next steps
- our Thrive area where students access our specialist staff to support with social emotional and mental health
Who do we support?
- Children/families in receipt of Pupil Premium Funding
- Children with special educational needs (SEND)
- Children in need of social, emotional or mental health support
- Families in need of support
Meet Our Staff:
- Mrs Hazel – Vice Principal – Behaviour and Standards, Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Mrs Brailsford – Assistant Principal – Behaviour and Standards, Safeguarding Officer
- Ms Hancock – Assistant Principal – SENDCO, Safeguarding Officer
- Mrs Birks – Designated LAC Teacher
- Mrs Ryder – Inclusion Co-ordinator and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Mrs Weir – Lead Mentor
- Mrs Johnson – Lead Mentor and LAC support
- Mrs Jones – Safeguarding and Vulnerability Officer and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Mrs Billings – Y7 Year Leader and Safeguarding Officer
- Ms Eardley – Y8 Year Leader and Safeguarding Officer
- Ms Worthington – Y9 Year Leader and Safeguarding Officer
- Mr Plant – Y10 Year Leader and Safeguarding Officer
- Ms Price– Y11 Year Leader and Safeguarding Officer
- Miss Shingler – WISH Mentor
- Mr McCarthy – WISH Mentor
