St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy

St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)  including our School Offer 

When the Children and Families Bill is activated in 2014, local authorities will be required to publish information online about all services for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) aged 0 - 25. This is the Local Offer.

The Local Offer will provide accurate and easy to understand information for parents, carers and young people about what services are available and how they can access them.

Here at St Joseph's we make a School Offer to those children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities across all curriculum areas.

At St Joseph’s we believe all children are special.

We strive as a school to support all children to achieve their best in their learning journey. 

Quality first teaching is vital, although for some children further steps need to be taken to help them on their learning journey

The following details St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School’s Individual School Offer (SEN Information Report as required in Schedule 1 of Regulation 51) and should be read in conjunction with Calderdale’s Local Offer www.calderdale.gov.uk/localofferwhich details the provision available in all Calderdale schools and academies.

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Core Offer 

The Children and Families Bill  2014 instructs local authorities  to publish information online about all services for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) aged 0 - 25. This is the Local Offer.

The Local Offer will provide accurate and easy to understand information for parents, carers and young people about what services are available and how they can access them.

School make a Core Offer to those children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities across all curriculum areas.

Accessibility of Building: Fully wheelchair accessible with ramps internally and externally.

Disabled toileting facilities in both Nursery and main school.

Description of Specialist Support Available to pupils:

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator (SENDCo) – Mrs C Slack

2 NNEB Nursery Nurses and 10 Teaching Assistants (TAs)

All children are offered:

Access to a broad, balanced curriculum:

• Individualised targets
• High quality facilities
• Access to staff expertise across the school
• SEND support/advice
• Differentiated curriculum planning, work and delivery
• Visual timetables and kinaesthetic opportunities as needed
• Tracking of Progress
• Termly parental reviews
• Single Assessment Framework and Children Looked After (CLA) Reviews
• 1-1 mentoring as required
• Access to the schools nursing team and wider professional support - external agency support applied for as needed

For children with additional needs we offer:

• In class support
• Small group working with Teacher/Teaching Assistant
• Intervention groups
• Targeted differentiation
• Circle Time
• Additional homework in partnership with parents/carers
• Individual Education Plans/Behaviour contracts/Pastoral Support Plans/Risk Assessments

• Health Care Plans
• Individual access arrangements for SATS if thresholds are met
• Individual access to Information Technology (IT) programs and provision if needed

We also access support from the following agencies (subject to agency waiting lists):

• Speech and Language Therapy
• CAMHS
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Disabilities Advisory Teaching Service
• Hearing Impairment Advisory Teaching Service
• Children and Young People’s Service (CYPS)
• Social Services
• SEND team at Calderdale LA
• Health Services – Schools Nurse Team

Future New and Refresher Training is Planned for:

• Sensory Needs
• Communication and Language - speaking skills 

Disability Access

All schools have duties under the Equality Act 2010 towards individual disabled children and young people. They must make reasonable adjustments, including the provision of auxiliary aids and services for disabled children, to prevent them being put at a substantial disadvantage. These duties are anticipatory – they require thought to be given in advance to what disabled children and young people might require and what adjustments might need to be made to prevent that disadvantage. Schools also have wider duties to prevent discrimination, to promote equality of opportunity and to foster good relations. (SEND COP 2014)

Further details can be found on our Accessibility Plan

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR CALDERDAL LOCAL AUTHORITY OFFER

https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/v2/residents/education-and-learning/local-offer