Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)

Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) – dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia

Updated September 2025

Type of support/provision made at Farne Primary School

• Staff use a wide range of resources to promote multi-sensory, practical, creative and independent learning. 
• Tasks are appropriately adapted to ensure all children are able to access and achieve with increasing independence.  
• We ensure children who need it are given additional processing/thinking time for responding to questions, completing tasks, sharing ideas.
• Opportunity for pre-teach and reinforcement sessions.  
• Topic vocabulary is introduced in advance and reinforced throughout.  
• Additional support in class from the class teacher/teaching assistant.  
• Small group or 1:1 targeted intervention programmes to improve skills in a variety of areas, e.g. phonics groups, Fresh Start, Wordshark, Precision Teaching. 
• Staff use the ‘keep up, catch up' approach to instantly address learning needs. 
• All classes have access to an SEN Toolkit which has a selection of specialised equipment to support pupils learning and overcome their barriers. 
• Provision of table top resources to promote independence and ensure that learning is multi-sensory and practical. 
• We use ICT to reduce barriers to learning where possible.  
• We promote alternative approaches to capturing and recording work, for example pictorial rather than written. 
• We use specific strategies and resources to support pupils with dyslexia e.g. word banks to support spelling of key words, Rainbow Arc, reading rulers.   
• We seek support, advice and training from SENDOS and other outside agencies, including Educational Psychologist, to ensure any barriers to success are fully identified and responded to.  
• Multi-agency involvement with the family as required.
• We assess pupils regularly and report progress to parents and staff. 
• Differentiated and, where applicable, individually personalised homework.