SEND

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What is SEND?

Children and young people with Special Education Needs (SEN) have learning difficulties make it harder for them to learn than most children and young people of the same age. These children and young people may need extra or different help from that given to others.

Many children and young people who have SEN may also have a disability. A disability is described in law (the Equality Act 2010) as ‘a physical or mental impairment which has a long-term (a year or more) and substantial adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.’ This includes, for example, sensory impairments such as those that affect sight and hearing, and long-term health conditions such as asthma, diabetes or epilepsy.

Catholic Schools Inspection, 14-15th December 2023

"Leadership of special educational needs, SEN, is a strength of the school with exemplary support of pupils with special education needs extending to religious education. A parent commented on ‘Christian values being reflected in the SEN department’. The highly skilled team of staff are trained supporting the individual learning requirements of a range of pupils with complex needs. This leads to all children whatever their needs being able to engage and make progress in every aspect of their religious education as well as participate in and take a full part in the school community." (Catholic Schools Inspectorate report on behalf of the Most Rev. John Wilson, Archbishop of Southwark, December 2023)

Parent SEN Coffee Mornings

Do you have a child with Special Educational Need (SEN) in the school? Come along to our parent coffee mornings for support, a chat and a catch up with Miss Daniels (SENCO). This year we will have some guest speakers who specialise in particular fields to present and give you further support! These will be held in the infant hall. Booking forms and reminders will be sent out nearer the time so that we have an idea of numbers of parents attending. Even if your child does not have a diagnosis, you are welcome to attend.

These will be in the infant hall from 8:30am onwards, with speakers beginning their talks at 9am.

Dates for the year 2023-2024

TBC: Identifying and Supporting SEN - Thursday 12th December

TBC: Speech 4 Schools - January 2024

Dates for the year 2022-2023

Thursday 13^th October - Lorraine Lewin on supporting your child with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)

Thursday 8^th December - Jo Holdaway on supporting your child with Dyslexia

Thursday 26^th January - Fortis Trust - ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Tuesday 14^th March - Sensory processing difficulties/disorder

Thursday 18th May: Club Ausome- An AMAZING Youth Club supporting children with ASD and other SEN needs- all are welcome.

Coffee Morning Resources

Club Ausome website: https://clubausome.appimize.app/

ISQM Award

We have been awarded the Inclusive Schools Quality Mark ISQM as proof that we are a fully inclusive school where all of our children and staff are valued no matter what their background or ability. See our wonderful report below!

Medway Local Offer

Medway’s Local Offer gives information and advice for children and young people aged 0 to 25 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families.

The Local Offer provides information about the services available to children, young people and their families across Education, Health and Social Care.

Knowing what is out there and having the right information in one place gives you more choice and therefore more control over the services you use.

We have developed our Local Offer in partnership with parents, carers, young people and professionals. This work will carry on as we continue to review the site to make sure that services are easy to find and understand.

The Local Offer will: