Special Education Needs

Welcome to our Special Education and Disability web page.

Parents can contact us directly regarding special educational needs and disabilites (SEND) by:

Call: (0151) 638 6014 and asking to speak to Mrs Kell our inclusion administration officer.

Below parents will find key information relating to SEND provision at St George's. That includes:

Our detailed Annual SEND report
Our parent friendly SEND policy
SEND Communication flowchart
SEND abbreviation list. We know that number of abbreviations and acronyms in SEND provision can cause confusion.
Accessibility Plan

Flow chart below explains how parental requests regarding special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) will be managed. Our aim is to ensure that our SENDCO has oversight of special educational needs and disabilities but that we always strengthen the communication between child, home and the class teacher.

Inclusion is everybody's responsibility at St George's. It is one of the 4 drivers that underpins our provision at St George's.

SENDCO's Role

Mrs Huxley our Special Educational Needs and Disability coordinator (SENDCO) will have oversight of all SEND communication and support.

Mrs Huxley is part of our Senior Leadership team and works closely with Mr Cassidy and the rest of our school leaders to champion the rights of our children with SEND needs.

She also leads our SEND leadership group with our four inclusion champions in each unit of our school. They are all SENDCO trained (or completing that qualification). They are:

Early Years (Foundation 1 and 2)	Mrs Noakes
KS1 (Years 1 and 2)	Mrs Wall
LKS2 (Years 3 and 4)	Mrs Stewart
UKS2 (Years 5 and 6)	Mrs Bennett

Following the processes in the flowchart above, we will ensure that Mrs Huxley can be contacted and is involved at the right stage of support for your child.

SENCO: Mrs Sonya Huxley

We have also set up a detailed support page for families whose children have SEND needs.

Documents related to Special Educational Needs can be found at the bottom of this page.

Governors and SEND

Our Board of Governors meet regularly term to discuss the school development plan and review the long term plans for the school. The Board of Governors have the role of planning for the long term whilst holding the senior leaders of the school to account. They are referred to often as 'critical friends'.

One Governor is specially asked to oversee the Special Educational Needs provision for the school. That governor meets with the SENDCO termly and submits a brief report to governors as part of our school visit policy.

Our named SENDCO Governor is : Mrs Julie Marshall

Complaints and SEND

We are determined to work in partnership with our families and ensure that our children have the best possible support. We know that we will have to mange concerns, queries and complaints.

We aim to work proactively and ensure excellent listening, support and communication through:

Regular Inclusion Drop In Events for parents and Carers
SEND Parent and carer forums
Good Communication Channels
Open classroom events

We welcome parents and carers approaching us with any concern.

Any guidance on complaints can be found in the complaints section of the school website.

SEND and Curriculum Adaptations

We have ensured that inclusive practice is developed through all areas of the school's curriculum. Our teaching and learning policy is specific about the role of SEND and inclusion in high quality teaching.

Adaptations are rooted in the EEF's 5 a day recommendations.

At the bottom of this page we have included a St George's document that indicates how we would apply these in our curriculum.

Parent scan also visit our curriculum pages for more information. Each curriculum subject has published their intent regarding SEND adaptations in their curriculum statements.

Wirral SENDLO

If you would like more information about the local offer from Wirral Borough Council please visit their new SENDLO website.

You can also call the Contact a Family SEND freephone helpline 0808 808 3555 (9.30 – 5pm Mon-Fri) or email: helpline@cafamily.org.uk

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
â€• Plato

St George's Primary School