SEND
School offer for Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities
Our Vision
We aim to be a flourishing learning community, which celebrates all possibilities through a journey of exploration, engagement and enrichment, enabling all to take risks, build resilience and grow together in God’s love. Jesus said ‘I have come that you may have life in all its fullness’. We hold this at the heart of all we do.
At St. Catherine's, we believe that supporting disability and difficulties in learning is part of our high quality mainstream education service. Tackling the full range of pupil needs improves learning and the learning environment not only for SEND pupils but for everyone.
SEND provision at St. Catherine's
Mrs King is our Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENDCo)
Our school is an inclusive school where every child matters; we aim to address children’s needs and support their development in the most appropriate way possible and celebrate effort as much as achievement. Additional and/or different provision is currently being made in school for children with a range of needs, including:
- Cognition and Learning – moderate learning difficulties; specific learning difficulties – dyslexia, dyspraxia.
- Sensory, Medical and Physical – hearing impairment, sensory processing difficulties, epilepsy.
- Communication and Interaction – Autistic Spectrum Disorder, speech and language difficulties.
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health – attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety.
Our team has extensive experience and training in planning, delivering and assessing intervention programmes. Three Teaching Assistants are experienced Special Needs Assistants who have a range of skills and are deployed around school to fit the needs of children.
All staff are trained on the needs of new children joining the school – this can include training from specialist agencies or consultants, as well as from our SENDCo or other staff with relevant expertise. SEND training forms part of the continuing professional development of all teachers and Teaching Assistants and is organised in accordance with the needs of the children.
The school works closely with other local schools. The SENDCo meets with other SENDCos in the local area of Horwich and Blackrod cluster group once per half term to review and plan the training, guidance and advice that staff across the cluster.
Agencies who work with school
- Woodbridge Trust outreach service
- Behaviour Support Service
- Educational Psychologist
- Speech and Language Therapy
- School Nurse
- 0-19 Health and Wellbeing Team
- Children’s Opportunity Group (COG)
- Schools Advisory Service (SENDAS)
- CAMHS
- Visual Impairment Team
The SEND Report & Policy
Read more about how we support children who have Special Educational Needs or Disabilities and their families. Our policy can be found here:
Our SEND report can be found here:
/docs/SEND/SEND_information_report_Jan_26.pdf
Bolton Local Offer
Bolton Local Offer can be found here:
https://www.bolton.gov.uk/sendlocaloffer/