St Columba’s Catholic Primary School  
SEND OFFER

‘Life In All Its Fullness’ John 10:10

For support with SEND issues and queries please contact our SENCO, Claire O’Donnell at St Columba’s School
How do we support children with SEND at St Columba’s Catholic Primary and Nursery School?
Our children access a wide range of provision throughout school and within the local community which enriches the curriculum and wider development. Our highly trained staff work alongside a range of outside agencies and professionals in order to plan personalised provision and learning that effectively meets the needs of all of our children.
We provide provision that is above and beyond and employ staff with a wide range of experience in SEND
How are SEN needs identified?
Children are identified as needing SEN Support through:
•    Liaison with pre-schools/previous school
•    A child performing significantly below age related expectations
•    A lack of progress
•    Through assessment and screening tests in all areas
•    Concerns raised by parents or teachers
•    Through liaison with external agencies
Children with SEN have a greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age, or they have a disability which makes it difficult for them to use the facilities normally provided for others of the same age in mainstream schools. Someone has a disability if they have a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out day-to-day activities.
Children who are identified as having a SEN are recorded on our school SEND Register as ‘SEN Support’. Some children then make very good progress or their needs change and we may no longer feel that they need to be listed as SEN Support; these children are maintained on the register as ‘monitoring’. Some children have a greater level of need and have an Education and Health Care Plan (EHC Plan).
Please see our helpful guide to the interventions we offer in school to provide support which is ‘additional to or different from’ our high quality, carefully differentiated and inclusive teaching.
 

Our school nurse is Lesley Mesenger-Jones, we employ her through Young Lives.

Young Lives is a Specialist Consultancy that works in partnership with Schools and Parents to provide flexible and bespoke support to young people on a wide range of health matters.

Click on the curriculum link below to access some information about our work in school on

'Emotional Resilience'.