Special Educational Needs

Inclusive policies

Meeting Special Educational Needs
with Online Schooling

1.2 million school pupils in England have Special Educational Needs, including autism, Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (ADHD/ADD), dyslexia, or medical needs that affect learning, such as epilepsy or cerebral palsy.

While the education sector has come far – with inclusive policies allowing many pupils receiving extra support within mainstream schools – for some it’s not far enough. At My Online Schooling, we recognise that a traditional classroom may not always be suitable for some young people, and can even create barriers to fully focused learning.

 

We keep our class sizes small to allow teachers more time and opportunity to provide an individualised learning experience for each of our pupils. By attending online lessons at home, our pupils are in an environment where they feel safe, which allows them to focus and re-build confidence with their learning.

Every teacher on our staff has experience of working with children with Special Educational Needs, so they’re ready to adapt their teaching style to best support your child’s learning. They will not only provide regular feedback on your child’s progress, but they will also be happy to answer any questions or concerns you may have surrounding their needs.

“We are very pleased with our daughter’s progress with MOS since starting in January. At mainstream school, she was missing a lot of lessons due to daily panic attacks, but these have almost completely stopped, and her anxiety is much improved. She has ADHD, so the fact that the lessons are recorded, and there is an online homework calendar helps with her self organisation, and although she still needs our help on that front, we are seeing an improvement in the quality and quantity of her work, her test scores, and reports. Most importantly, she is happier and more confident. We are delighted to have had MOS available as an option when she was no longer able to attend school. The teaching is of high quality, and she looks forward to lessons for the first time in years. MOS may have been our “Plan B”, but it’s very far from being second best.”

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My Online Schooling Parent

We cannot express how impressed we are with the response we received from our son’s teachers. Their understanding of his needs and their suggested ways of supporting him are more than he ever received in both mainstream schools and the Special Education Needs school he attended in the past. We really feel that he is in the right place being at your school and this is a rare and reassuring feeling, so thank you all so much.

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Joanne, Year 9 Parent

My son is 12 and has been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, so for him it’s not only hard to get acquainted with new schools, teachers, children, rules, environment every once in a while, but it is almost impossible for him to stay focused and learn in a noisy, over-packed environment.

Children need to feel safe first before they can begin learning and this is what we found with My Online Schooling. He feels safe, because he is at home with mum, but he can also see the teachers, talk to them and to his classmates, just like in a “normal” school. For the first term I sat with him during lessons, but now I only need to remind him to log in on time. He likes it because it gives him more responsibility for his learning, and I like it because I can monitor him and do my job at the same time.

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Bernadett Bajari-Rooze, Year 7 Parent