Easton College is passionate about supporting students with learning disabilities and/or difficulties.

Our aim is to ensure young people have information and support to enable participation and to assist in achieving the best possible education outcomes.

Our Learning Support team will assess special educational needs to understand the learning disability or difficulty which requires special education provision to be made for a young person.

Special education provision means educational provision that is additional to or different from that made generally for others of the same age.

Special Educational Needs Support

On course support

In class support can be one to one, where a member of Learning Support supports you on an individual basis in class.

Shared support where a staff member supports you and others in the class

Discreet support where you might not want everyone to know and our support staff can help you without it being obvious.

Off course support

Off course support to help with your course work, homework, supporting you at lunchtime or taking you to your taxi and personal care.

Specialist Special Educational Needs staff

Our specialist staff are experts in:

Autism, ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Emotional Behavioural Difficulty, Hearing Impairment, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Severe Learning Difficulty, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties, Complex Needs and Visual Impairment.

All special educational support is dependent on assessment criteria and funding conditions being met.

How do I get Specialist Educational support?

Learning Support aims to support you to reach your full potential and achieve your goals.

We strive to support you in becoming an independent learner and we can adapt the support you need as your learning progresses.

Support on application

When you tick any of the boxes on the application form disclosing a disability or difficulty, we will discuss what level and type of support would be good for you.

Education Health and Care Plan

If you have an Education Health Care Plan, please share this with us to help plan your support needs. You can email this to SEN@ccn.ac.uk or bring it to the main reception for the Learning Support Curriculum Services team.

Tell Learning Support Curriculum Services about your needs as soon as possible so we can plan your support and secure the funding from the Local Authority. Without this you may not be able to access support.

To find out more about the support available to students, please contact our Learning Support Curriculum Services team at 01603 773241 or email  SEN@ccn.ac.uk

Transition to college life

Preparing for adulthood and starting College might be a bit of a worry, so you can request a guided tour to come and look around to gain an insight into college. It will also give you a chance to ask any questions you may have about the college.

Before you start your course with us, we’ll ensure we have all the information we need to ensure you have the best college experience from day one. This may include visits to your current education setting, meeting your parents/carers, liaising with external agencies.

You will have an opportunity to look round the College at our Course Advice Days, Open Days and interviews, but we can also arrange for you to look round the campus at a quieter time if you’d prefer.

Local First Inclusion Statement

• Easton College is a varied post-16 setting therefore we cannot universally offer small group sizes in cross college provision.​​​
• One-to-one support is generally not provided to encourage independence.​​​
• One-to-one teaching is not universally available.
• Laptops are not considered standard post-16 equipment and will only be provided if there is a need for specialist software to meet the needs of the young person on their college course.​​​
• Easton College does not universally offer specific individual intervention programmes/ therapies /small group social skills classes.​​
• Easton College does not offer online or remote learning.​​​
• Daily/weekly Specific Learning Difference sessions are not available, however we can support students in class and via off-course support to develop their skills.​​​
• Staff at Easton College are not trained in CBT, however, we can refer students to our wellbeing support. ​​​
• Most rooms are fully accessible without stairs; however, a few are not and, some facilities are not able to be reallocated to a ground floor. This will need to be considered when applying for a specific course.​​​

Easton College will, with best endeavours: 

• support students with confidence building, social and communication skills, emotional regulation etc.​​​
• support students as appropriate to the needs of the individual and the course they are studying.​​​

Our expectation is that a young person:

• ​applies to the college to help us gauge the area of interest (sector/ course and level - help with understanding ability)​​​
• enrolling at Easton College has an updated Annual Review completed by the local authority or previous provider.​​