SEND

Contact our SENDCo

Mrs K McLaren is our school SENDCo.

To contact Mrs K McLaren you can either email the school at office@stbedesjarrow.co.uk (FAO Mrs McLaren) or alternatively, you can call the school office on (0191) 4898218 to make an appointment.

SEND Information

St Bede’s Catholic Primary School is committed to inclusion and to the development of cultures, policies and practices that include all learners. We aim to engender a sense of community and belonging, and to develop an environment where all children are equally valued and can flourish and feel safe.

It is our policy to meet the needs of children who experience barriers to their learning, which may relate to sensory or physical impairment, learning difficulties or emotional or social development, or may relate to factors in their environment, including the learning environment that they experience in school.

We recognise that pupils learn at different rates and that there are many factors affecting achievement, including ability, emotional state, age and maturity. We believe that many pupils, at some time in their school career, may experience difficulties which affect their learning, and we recognise that these may be long or short term. We aim to identify these needs as they arise and provide teaching and learning contexts which enable every child to achieve to his or her full potential.

Our SEND team are dedicated to ensuring that all children get the best education through regular meetings with parents, professionals, specialist teachers and through careful assessments of the children.

Agencies and Partnerships

There may be moments where it is necessary to consult with outside agencies to access their more specialised expertise and to ensure your child’s needs are met fully. Where this is required, the school will arrange an appointment to discuss this with you so that you, as parents, are fully aware of why we would like to reach out for additional support and what the process will look like for your child. Our aim at St Bede’s is to ensure all pupil’s needs are fully met to enable them to thrive in our environment and as such, decisions to consult additional services will be made with the best interests of your child in mind.

Agencies the school works with include:

Educational Psychologist
Speech and Language Therapists
Children and Young People’s Service
Early Help Team
Ashley Child Development Centre
Hedworthfield Speech and Language Outreach Service
Social Services
Occupational Therapy
School Nursing Team
Inclusion Service Team
Emotional Resilience Team
Healthy Minds Team
Ethnic Minority Traveller Refugee Achievement Service

Local Offer

This statement sets out, the responsibilities of the school, Governors and the Local Authority when making sure that the additional needs of pupils who have been identified as having Special Educational Needs (SEN) are met in a way that works for the pupil without too many meetings and paperwork.

SEND Support from South Tyneside Council

The Local Offer

The Local Offer provides information for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and their parents or carers in a single place.

It gives information on what services children, young people and their families can expect from a range of local agencies, including education, health and social care. Knowing what is out there gives you more choice and more control over what support is right for your child.

The Local Offer provides information on a number of things, including:

special educational provision
health provision
social care provision
other educational provision
training provision
travel arrangements for children and young people to schools, colleges and early years education
preparing for adulthood, including housing, employment and leisure opportunities

The Local Offer has been produced jointly by South Tyneside Council, Social Care and Health Services in partnership with parents and carers. It aims to help us ensure that we are providing the sort of services that families have told us they need.

Follow the link below to find out more.

https://sendlocaloffer.southtyneside.gov.uk/