Learning Support Reports
Overview
The Learning Support database is a sophisticated tool designed to assist SENCOs,
Learning Support Assistants and teaching staff to continuously monitor and evaluate
the academic achievement and behaviour of students with special educational needs
across the curriculum.
The simplicity
Learning Support Assistants create a report in the database for each student in
each lesson they support, detailing the amount of support provided, the student’s
progress, attitudes and behaviour. It takes less than 2 minutes to create each report
so LSAs will only need to spend one lesson per week to keep up-to-date.
Support staff and teachers can quickly and easily share their observations and experiences
of SEN students with one another, helping them to identify problem areas early on
and highlight students who have made significant improvements. The database offers
a number of options for viewing, reviewing or editing reports. Powerful reporting
features and pre-defined templates make it easy to focus on a snapshot of data.
Early intervention
Leaders of departments, year groups, tutor groups and pastoral teams can use the
database on a regular basis to identify issues with achievement or behaviour early
on. Based on the early identification of an issue, they can respond appropriately
for an early and positive resolution.
The SENCo or Senior LSA can review new reports quickly and easily through a personalised
window, ensuring they are always kept informed.
Be consistent
In order to encourage positive behaviour for learning, it is necessary for all staff
to be fair and consistent with their approach. The Learning Support database helps
staff to provide consistency, not just in their own lessons or departments but across
the entire curriculum. All staff are kept ‘in the picture’ with regards to achievement
and behaviour and the response to such behaviour.
Over time, your school will build up a history of records detailing the progress
of and support provided for individual students. This history may come in handy
when preparing for meetings with parents, meeting with external agencies (such as
the Educational Psychologist), updating IEPs, or following up incidents/concerns.
