St Paul's C.E Primary School

SEND

Welcome to our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) page. We hope you will enjoy reading about the variety of ways in which St Paul’s Church of England Primary School is able to support SEND pupils to reach their full potential. We are a fully inclusive school that pride ourselves on our skilled staff and working with families to find the best support for their children. 

The SENDCO, here at St Paul's is Miss S Birkett and can be contacted via the school office - 0161 0161 624 9019

"In Jesus, Together  we Grow, Love to Learn, Shine and make a Difference"

Our SEND Vision:

"In Jesus"

St. Paul's  is a Voluntary Aided Church of England School whos  Vision  stems from Christian values  based on  the biblical quote; "For  I know the plans I have for you...........plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." Jermiah 29:11.

"Together"

Everyone at St. Paul's works together as a team to support and nurture all children. We form and maintain caring relationships with families,staff and external agencies to ensure the best support is available for children with any additional needs.

"We Grow"

All children are given opportunities to celebrate their progress whether this be academic or in other areas in which children excel.Children grow together with an open mind set to what they can achieve. They accept each other as individuals, celebrating all differences as being unique members of the school

"Love"

All  children are loved for being individuals within an inclusive  environment.Our children feel cared for,nurtured and respected by each other. Through our ethos all children are taught the importance of loving themselves and each other through the strong values and spirituality promoted throughout school. Children learn to develop resilience in order to 'Shine and Make a Difference' to others through acceptance, patience and self-control.

"To Learn"

All children, no matter what needs they may have, are entitled to an opportunity to learn and be excited about learning alongside each other. Skilled staff in school adapt their teaching strategies to ensure all children have an opportunity to access their learning at their own pace and level. All staff are teachers of SEND with high levels of specific training tailored to understand a wide range of additional needs across  the school.

"Shine"

The school celebrates all levels of  progress and attainment identifying the smallest steps can be huge milestones for some. From Nursery right through to year 6 and in our Additiional Resourced provision, staff  develop individual learning plans for all children who may require addiitonal support in order to succeed.Our newsletters celebrate out of school successes to bringing an holistic approach to celebrating the whole child.

"Make a Difference"

We believe every child matters and as Children of God deserve to be given every opportunity to amek a poistive difference for themselves and as servant leaders make  a differenceto others. Our staff believe that all behaviour IS Communicaion and willalways strive to find different ways of supporting all of our children both academically and mentally; always going the extra mile to 'Makea Difference' to our children.

Additional Resourced Provision  called ' The Vine' at St Paul's C E Primary School

St Paul's C E Primary school has an Additional resourced provision for children with Speech and Communication difficultiesand autism.  for a small proportion of children with more significant needs a Resource Unit may be considered as a suitable placement.

We are one of a few schools within the Local Authority, focussing on delivering specific educational provision for children identified as presenting with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). 

St Paul's C E  Primary School offers 12 places for children with ASD. These children present with significant language and communication difficulties. Some pupils demonstrate challenging behaviours because of distress and anxiety caused by an inability to regulate their responses or communicate.

Admission within the Resource Provision is done via the Local Authority’s Special Needs Advisory Panel.  All assigned pupils to the Resource Provision must have an Educational Health Care Plan. 

St. Paul's C E   Primary School ensures that these pupils are offered personalised learning from teachers who are well-trained in providing specialist SEN education. St. Paul's is committed to matching teaching and learning to pedagogy and has identified a model of learning in respect of children'sindividual needs that identifies  learning that is adapted to their  needs. This model allows teachers and support staff to identify the best and most successful way to address need and to deliver a rich, inclusive, befitting curriculum that results in positive outcomes.  Interventions are timely and relevant with purposely opportunities built into the timetable for children to learn alongside their peers within the mainstream setting as they show readiness  for accessing this part of the whole  process.

Teaching is linked to staff training and all staff receive professional development that is focused upon the learning needs of our pupils with in resourced unit. The curriculum is adapted and differentiated according to need and pedagogy. The Curriculum Pathways prescribe what knowledge, skills children will learn, and this is available to view on our website.

Pupils are assessed using a range of statutory and non-statutory assessment frameworks to measure their progress through the various stages of their learning.Currently this has been using Pivats but we are exploring a new assessment system spcifically designed to support children with EHC Plans. Progress is updated, reported and tracked continuously through this  “Evidence for Learning “tracking system that evidences progress made from individuals starting points. 

St Paul's supports children preparing for the next stage of their learning by delivering an adapted statutory curriculum that also incorporates the teaching of personal and social development and life skills. 

We embrace opportunities for collaboration between educators, parents and specialist agencies through regular parent consultations; by hosting SEND informal visits to school as well as establishing parental communication links.  We recognise the importance of parental engagement in ensuring that our pupils thrive as visible valued members of the community.

Pupil involvement is crucial and they are involved by contributing to the Annual Review through augmentative and alternative communication strategies where possible. Where appropriate they attend parent consultation and annual review meetings.

The local Authority’s local offer can be found online under the local Offer Directory for Oldham.

Useful links and information about SEND can be found below:

Northwest SEND Monthly Newsletter can be found here

Oldham Councils SEND Local offer webpage can be found here.

Link to POINT Oldham and Oldham parent caarer forum can be found here.

Link to SEND IASS Information (IASS) can be found here.

School SEND information can be found here:

SEND  Summary annual report for Governors July 2024 can be found HERE

SEND  Broad and specific areas of Need updated September 2024  can be found below:

SEND INFORMATION UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2024

SEND policy 2024  can be found here

SEND policy 2023 can be found here

SEND Report 2022 can be found here.

SEND  stages of  inclusion and intervention can be found here.

SLC (Speech, Communication and Language) Policy can be found here.

SLC checklist to support the policy can be found here.

SCL  What is Primary Talk can be found here.

OLDHAM SEND strategy 2023 can be found here

Additional links to support any concerns you may have relating to SEND

Speech and Language therapy services in Oldham 

Additional Needs service in Oldham

Autism support in Oldham

Sensory impairment team for visual and auditory imipairment 

National Autism society. 

Oldham Camhs and Oldham council Camhs information can be found here

Healthy Young Minds

Calm Zone by Childline - a website that has a number of resources to support children in feeling calmer and managing their emotions. 

Barnardos believe in children support

Kooth free and safe counselling services for young people

Oldham Parent Carer voice (POINT)

SENDIASS (SEND Information Advice and Support Service)

Bereavement and Loss Information

Mrs Henderson has been part of the consulation process in Oldham Local Authoirty when discussing the implications surrounding provision for young people who require spcialist provision to cater for their needs.

The full white paper can be found here

The summary can be found here