“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” – Peter Drucker

At Fort Royal communication is not just about the words that we use but all the wonderful non verbal communication that is happening every day. We work hard so that all children have a voice whether that be through a communication book, signing, gesture or other strategies. We pride ourselves on our positive relationships with all pupils that enable us to pick up on cues and signals to help support two way communication.

Fort Royal Community Primary School has a Communication Team.  The Team is lead by Zara Juffkins who has also been a Teacher at the school since 2015.  

Zara’s role is to provide a link and support between the Speech and Language Therapists, Class and Parents so everyone can work together on student’s communication.   

At Fort Royal school we provide all students with universal speech and language support strategies these include: 

• signing – Signalong sign support system 

• the use of the spoken word with emphasis on key words 

• object, photo and symbol use to support receptive and expressive language 

• visual timetables 

• listening and attention prompts 

• processing time 

• word aware strategies 

Fort Royal communication provision 

Fort Royal Communication Team consists of Jackie Woodhouse and Jackie Price who support with liaising with SALT, staff training, developing resources to support with communication and supporting staff to deliver activities within speech and language targets.  

Many of the pupils at the school see a NHS speech and language therapist who assesses their level of need and develops speech and language targets as part of their EHCP provision.