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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
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Home PageThe SEND Local Offer aims to bring together helpful and useful information for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families. It is a comprehensive guide to services and support all in one place. Please watch the video to find out more.
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SEND Online Safety Hub
Net Aware has partnered with Ambitious about Autism to bring online safety tips, advice and activities specifically for parents and carers of children with SEND.
NSPCC spoke to parents of children with a range of special educational needs such as dyslexia, autism and speech and language difficulties.
The pages contain information and advice for parents but also some activities for young people.
https://www.net-aware.org.uk/send-online-safety-hub/
Parent/carer feedback
If you have a child with Special Educational Needs please follow the link below and complete this short survey for OFSTED . They are seeking feedback from parents during the recent school closures.
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Survey_for_Young_People_with_SEND_AS/
Who can help you at St Patrick's
Welcome to our SEN Information Report which is part of the Nottinghamshire Local Offer for learners with Special Needs & Disability (SEND).
All governing bodies of maintained schools have a legal duty to publish information on their website about the implementation of the governing body’s policy for pupils with SEND. This information is updated annually.
At St Patrick’s we value all members of the school community.
In the first instance, the best people to contact if you have any queries with regard to SEND provision at St Patrick’s are:
Acting Head teacher- Mrs Paula Pownall
SENCO – Mrs Gemma Edwards
SEND Governor – Mrs Catherine Hennis
These can all be contacted by e-mailing admin@st-patricks.notts.sch.uk
What are Special Educational Needs?
A special educational need can be a number of different things.
For example, your child may be having problems with reading, maths or behaviour, which school can help by putting extra support in at school and by working in partnership with yourself.
It may also be due to a difficulty which makes it harder for a child to use the same educational facilities that the school provides for the majority of children. For some children this may be a temporary difficulty, while others may have a long term need for special help
Types of special educational needs can include:
How do schools help children with Special Educational Needs?
Children learn and develop in different ways.
Teachers recognise this and use different teaching styles, resources and plan different levels of work in the classroom to cater for the various ways children learn.
This is called Quality First Teaching and is something schools must provide for all children. However, many children, at some time in their school life, need extra help.
Because of this, schools must:
What does the SENCO do?
SENCO = Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator
If your child has Special Educational Needs the SENCO should:
The Local Offer service for SEND children and young adults has a new website.
The new Local Offer website has been launched. The website provides information, help and support for children and young adults with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities and their families.
The Local Offer makes it easier to find out what a young person, parent, carer or service provider needs to know, when they need to know it. It tells them where the nearest and most suitable services are as well as links to organisations, activities and things to do in the area.