Primary
SEND
At St Michael’s Catholic School, we are committed to meeting the needs of children with special educational needs to ensure that all children, regardless of their specific needs, make the best possible progress in school.
Each site in St Michael’s has a unique SENDCo who oversees special needs provision in that setting.
Inclusion
We aspire to be a fully inclusive school and strive hard to ensure that all pupils achieve their potential, personally, socially, emotionally and academically in all areas of the curriculum. All students are valued, given a sense of worth and helped to develop confidence in their abilities and strengths throughout the range of their school experience.
Quality First Teaching
Teachers at St Michael’s meet the needs of all children through high quality, adaptive teaching and learning. Through an ongoing process of reflection, teachers remove barriers, applying strategies that are differentiated and personalised to meet individual needs.
Identifying and assessing Special Educational Needs
The school is committed to early identification of special educational need and adopts a graduated response to meeting special educational needs, in line with the SEN Code of Practice.
Shared practises across the three sites include:
- Termly attainment reports
- Reading age tests
- Other phase-specific assessments (including spelling age, CATs)
- Review of our ordinarily available provision
- Monitoring of mental health needs, in collaboration with parent/carer and school staff
When required, the SENDCo in collaboration with a child’s class teacher will create a SEND Support Plan. This plan documents how we will support the child in making progress. These are reviewed with the parent/carer and child every term (or earlier if required).
Additional Support and Intervention
Where a student has been given a support plan, interventions and additional support are detailed. All provisions are regularly monitored and evaluated by the class teachers and SENDCo and will be amended, changed or updated, accordingly. Examples of intervention include:
- Lego therapy
- ELSA
- Infant Language Link
- White Rose Maths
At all times, parents are welcome to discuss the needs of their child with the SENDCo.
SEND local offer
The Buckinghamshire local offer can be viewed here:www.bucksfamilyinfo.org/localoffer
SEND policies
SEND contact details
Primary | Mrs Faiers SFaiers@stmichaelscs.org
SEND Governor
Dee Wilder | DWilder@stmichaelscs.org