Special Educational Needs

We are committed to ensuring that all children at our school are happy, enjoy school, can take part in all our learning and activities and are making progress. Some children may need additional support at school because they have a special educational need or disability (commonly referred to as SEND).

We appreciate that parents and carers may have concerns about their child’s needs and we provide extra termly opportunities to meet with class teachers and the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, Miss Rachael Fortune. However Miss Fortune is always happy to make time to talk to parents if you have a concern in this area, so you do not need to wait till a specific time. We also have a termly parents’ consultation opportunity.  You can contact them by telephoning 01952 510383 to make a time to meet.

Click on our SEN Policy and SEN Information Report 2024-2025 for lots of information about how we identify special educational needs and the type of support that we can offer.  Support may be through differentiated activities planned by the teacher and delivered in the classroom; it may involve intervention programmes targeted at a specific skill which may be delivered by a teacher or teaching assistant or it may be that we are following a specialised programme on the advice of outside agencies such as Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy or an Educational Psychologist. Full details of what we can offer are found in the Information Report and we are always happy to discuss this with parents.

The Information Report also signposts parents to Shropshire Council’s Local Offer (website link below) and other useful services such as the Early Help process and parental support organisations.  The Shropshire Family Information Directory is another source of help

https://search3.openobjects.com/kb5/shropshire/fid/family_results.page?familychannel=322

We are committed to the full inclusion of all children in school life.  Click here for more details about our Medical Needs policy and see the webpage “Medical and Health Matters” under the “School Life” tab.

We are also aware that there may be Social and Emotional Mental Health needs that families need support with and that our whole school needs to be one which values well-being and openness about mental health.  Mrs Cansdale is the Senior Mental Health Lead and you can read our policy here: Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Policy Spring 

As with any other area of school life, if you have a query or concern about the provision your child is receiving, please talk to your class teacher or the SENCo, Miss Rachael Fortune.  If it is easier to ask a query in writing, please email send@christchurch.shropshire.sch.uk or see our general complaints procedure under the Policies and Procedure tab.

Useful Documents:

‘A Policy for Special Educational Needs Provision and the SEND Information Report’ for Christ Church CE Primary SEN Policy and SEN Information Report 2024-2025

Our Accessibility Plan and Equalities Policy can be accessed here: Accessibility Plan 2022-2025 and Pupil, Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policy 

Useful Websites:

Shropshire SEND Local Offer

https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/local-offer

Support for Parents about Children’s Emotional and Mental Health

https://citymha.org.uk/Resources/Parents-Toolkit