SEND
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
At the heart of the work of every primary school class is a continuous cycle of planning, teaching and assessment which takes account of the wide range of abilities, aptitudes and interests of the children. The majority of children will learn and progress within these arrangements. Those children whose overall attainments and achievement in specific subjects fall significantly outside the expected range or those children that require support that is additional to or different from may have Special Educational Needs.
Children have a learning difficulty if they:
- have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age;
- have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for children of the same age. This may relate to impairments in communication and interaction, cognition and learning, behavioural, emotional and social development, or sensory or physical needs.
Children in school can present with a range of different additional needs. At St Joseph's we pride ourselves on being able to tailor your child's education to meet their needs.
At St Joseph's, we provide a broad and balanced curriculum for all pupils based on three principles:
- setting suitable learning challenges;
- responding to pupils’ diverse learning needs;
- overcoming potential barriers to learning.
For children who have a specific learning difficulty or a disability, our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) policy outlines the educational support we provide.
There is also our SEND Information Report and Local Offer, detailed below that will provide further information.
Parental Feedback Summer 2019
'The school is good at teaching children reading especially those who are struggling.'
'The school is very supportive and inclusive.'
SEND Newsletter
The special educational needs and disability (SEND) newsletter for Lancashire families.
Please see below to download the SEND newsletters for this academic year.
Key Contacts
The Special Educational Needs & Disability Coordinator is Miss Johnson.
Miss Johnson can be contacted via the school office or email - johnson@st-josephs-anderton.lancs.sch.uk
The SEND Governor is Mrs J Almond.
The SENDCo ensures that all staff follow the SEND Code of Practice to support the needs of our pupils. This may be provided through carefully adapted work, additional support by an adult in a small group, one to one teaching time with a Teaching Assistant or using specialist services from outside the school.
How to complain if you are not satisfied with the support that your child with SEND is receiving?
First we ask that parents/carers speak to your child's class teacher to try to resolve the issue. If you feel that the issue cannot be resolved by speaking to your child's class teacher, we would ask that you inform the SENDCO or Headteacher at the earliest opportunity. Following this, you will be invited into school for a meeting where your concerns will be heard and we will try to seek a resolution. The overwhelming majority of complaints and concerns are resolved by this stage.
If however, you are still not satisfied, you will be invited to follow the schools complaints procedure which can be found under the 'Statutory Information' section of this website.