SEND Information

SENDCO: Mrs V. Thompson and Mrs S. Timmins 

sendco@stjosephstrafford.co.uk

Dyslexia Policy 

SEND Policy

SEND Information Report

Equality Policy (including Objectives)

Admissions Policy 2025-2026 (including admission arrangements for pupils with disabilities)

The Local Offer

Trafford's local offer gives information about support and activities on offer for parents and children with SEND. Please find Trafford's local offer using this link: The Local Offer 

Trafford Directory

The Trafford Directory also includes the new Virtual Mental Wealth Hub. The hub is a collaboration between stakeholders in Trafford to provide a single point of access which will link and signpost to information, advice and guidance relating to anxiety and mental health needs in Trafford. 

Our approach to teaching pupils with SEND

Teachers are responsible and accountable for the progress and development of all the pupils in their class.  Quality first teaching is our first step in responding to pupils who have SEND. This will be adapted for individual pupils.  We will also provide the following interventions:

• Speech and Language interventions
• Pastoral interventions 
• Support in accessing the curriculum via adaptive teaching

We have applied to become a Dyslexia Friendly School and will work towards this mark in 2023-2024. We will ensure that all of our classrooms and workspaces are dyslexia friendly.

Adaptations to the curriculum and learning environment

We make the following adaptations to ensure all pupils’ needs are met:

• Adapting our curriculum to ensure all pupils are able to access it, for example, by grouping, 1:1 work, teaching style adaptions for the lesson.
• Adapting our resources and staffing
• Using recommended aids, such as laptops, coloured overlays, visual timetables, larger font and prompt scaffolds.
• Adapting our teaching, for example, giving longer processing times, pre-teaching of key vocabulary and reading instructions aloud.
• Wheelchair access and disabled toilets.

Additional support for learning

We have teaching assistants who are trained to deliver interventions such as IDL, Essential Letters & Sounds, Lego Therapy and specific speech and language intervention. Teaching assistants attend training as required on different areas of SEND e.g. autism and social communication, dyslexia, social, emotional and mental health needs. Whole school staff training is organised according to need and has most recently focused on supporting pupils with autistic spectrum conditions and dyslexia. Where specialist advice is required, training is also provided for staff. 

Bullying

We have a zero tolerance approach to bullying - please see our anti-bullying policy for further details. The school is committed to developing an anti-bullying culture where the bullying of children or adults is not tolerated in any form. In addition to promoting kindness, we actively promote anti-bullying throughout the school year and within our curriculum. If you have any concerns about bullying at St Joseph's, please contact the school 

Contact details of support services for parents of pupils with SEND

Trafford Parent and Young People's Partnership Service (PYPPS) provide information, support and advice for children young people with SEND and their parents on SEN, disability, health and social care  http://traffordpypps.co.uk/Welcome.aspx

If you are a parent, carer or young person that needs help or information, including advice about your Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and the processes involved contact Trafford SENDIASS. SENDIASS is an independent organisation in Trafford. They have local knowledge about how the process works in Trafford and can offer guidance and advice on the support available. Trafford Parents Forum is a forum of Trafford parents supporting other Trafford parents who have children and young people with SEN and Disability. The Family Information Service can provide information and advice about services which make up the local offer in Trafford. Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Organisations Group (SENDIOG) is a national network of organisations who provide free and impartial advice to children, young people and their families.

Complaints

We want to work with the children and their wider families to offer a curriculum for children to reach their potential.  If you have questions about a SEND matter, please talk to the respective SENDCo and they will be happy to help. If you feel concerned then please follow the guidance in the complaints procedure and we will work with you to resolve the matter as soon as possible.