St Margaret Clitherow’s Catholic Primary School provides a broad and balanced curriculum for all pupils. The National Curriculum is our starting point for planning, which is then adapted to meet the specific needs of individuals and groups of children. This is known as ‘adaptive teaching’.
Some of our children have specific needs which, without support and/or intervention, could cause barriers to their learning. These needs are likely to arise as a consequence of a child having special educational needs or disabilities (SEND). Teachers take account of these needs and make provision to support individuals or groups of children and thus enable them to participate effectively in curriculum and assessment activities. The support we offer may take the form of additional adult support/intervention, or it may be that additional resources are utilised to support a child with a particular need. We may ask for external agencies to support our children and staff where needed.
Children may have special educational needs either throughout, or at any time during, their school career. It is very important that our curriculum planning and assessment for children with special educational needs and disabilities takes account of the type and extent of the difficulty experienced by the child and puts in place strategies to allow them to succeed.
The SEND Policy at St Margaret Clitherow’s is based on the notion that all children are special:
“Everybody is somebody at St Margaret Clitherow’s”
To view Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust SEND report click here
Here is a link to the Local Offer on the People’s Information Network for Redcar and Cleveland website with details about the services they offer. When you access the Local Offer website, please find ‘Services by Subject’ and select ‘Primary and Secondary Education’. Then in the ‘key word’ search bar, enter our school name to access the information on our school. Please click on the link below:
