At St Joseph’s we believe that we are all made in the image and likeness of God, each with our unique talents and gifts. We recognise and celebrate the fact that all children learn differently, in a variety of ways and at their own speeds. We are very proud of our inclusivity and work tirelessly to ensure that children receive the highest quality of teaching, in the classroom with their class teacher and their peers. Therefore, teachers meticulously plan to include the personalised needs of all the children in their classes, including our SEN children. We provide challenge and opportunity for success for each and every child we teach and our curriculum has been designed to enable all children to flourish and shine in their own way.

Relationships with you as parents is of the utmost importance to us and we want to be able to build with you honest and open conversations so that you are fully aware of your child’s strengths and needs throughout their learning journey with us. Your class teacher will contact you at the first point of concern to discuss with you the appropriate support. Likewise, we encourage you to let the teacher or SENDCo know of any concerns you have, no matter how small.

Where further support is identified, careful planning with the teachers and SENDCo ensures that children receive the right support at the right time. This could be in a variety of ways, such as: a structured intervention run outside of the classroom with a TA, differentiated work, scaffolding within the lesson, peer support, guided learning with the teacher or TA or specific targeted learning recorded on an IEP.

We follow a Graduated Response to all concerns from both school at home which you can view here:

My name is Mrs Jones and I am the SENDCo.  My contact details are jones.k@sjps.lancs.sch.uk or you can call the school office on 01772 796112 to book a meeting with me.