Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND)
Our SENDCos are Amy Fox and Megan Firth
Intent
At St. Joseph’s, we recognise that all pupils are entitled to a quality of provision that will enable them to achieve their potential. In keeping with our faith, we believe in positive intervention, removing barriers to learning, raising expectations and levels of achievement and working in partnership with other agencies in order to provide a positive educational experience for all our pupils, including those with a special educational need or disability.
Implementation
The SEND Code of Practice 2015 (CoP) suggests that there is a continuum of SEND and that, where necessary, increasingly specialist expertise should be brought to bear on a child or young person’s difficulties. We therefore work together with the local authority who provide formal procedures, i.e. statutory assessment, and specialist services, which are targeted at those children and young people with the most significant and complex needs. We are guided in our approach by the Bradford Matrix of Need which provides an overview of how children should be supported through a graduated response, as outlined in the CoP.
We are fully compliant with The Children & Families Act (C&FA) 2014, the Equality Act, 2010 and the SEND Code of Practice (CoP), 2015, all of which provide detailed information about the statutory responsibilities schools have in relation to children and young people with SEND.
Our offer at each CoP stage for each area of SEN is described in the Bradford Matrix of Need document below. Below we also have our SEN Information Report, which we hope will answer your questions. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to phone the office and make an appointment with either Mrs Fox or Ms Firth.
The Local Offer
The Local Offer is a new way of giving children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their parents or carers information about what activities and support is available in the area where you live.
https://localoffer.bradford.gov.uk/kb5/bradford/directory/home.page
As well as the Local Offer website offering details of services, there is an alternative format to the website the 'Local Offer concertina pocket sized overview booklet' of services as requested by users. These are available from Bradford Families Information Service by calling 01274 437 503.
SENDIASS
Bradford SENDIASS is for parents and carers of children and young people 0-25 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in the Bradford area - and for their children too. The staff help parents and children to work together with schools and the Local Authority so that they have a good understanding of what support is needed and to make sure that it is put in place. They can also offer IASS around health and social care needs in relation to SEND.
Opening hours - Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm.
www.barnardos.org.uk/get-support/services/bradford-sendiass
SCIL Team
skills 4 bradford information letter for parents carers.pdf
special educational needs and inclusion policy.pdf