SEN & Disabilities at St Helen’s

Please find all key information relating to St Helen’s at SEND on the Padlet linked here

Welcome to the St Helen’s Catholic Primary School’s Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) section of our website.

At St Helen’s, we believe that there are four key features of Inclusion: Present, Participating, Supporting and Achieving.

Present:
All pupils should learn in environments which best meet their needs.
All pupils should be fully engaged in the school community.

Participating:
All pupils should be enabled and supported to fully participate in their learning.
All pupils should feel that their voices are heard.
All pupils have the right to participate and engage as fully as possible in all aspects of school, including co-curricular and offsite opportunities.

Supported:
All pupils should benefit from inclusive learning and teaching practices.
All pupils should be given the right help, at the right time, from the right people to support their wellbeing in the right place.
All pupils should be supported to overcome barriers to learning in order to achieve their full potential.
All pupils should be supported to participate in all parts of school life.

Achieving:
All pupils should be achieving their full potential.
All pupils should have access to a varied curriculum tailored to meet their needs.
All pupils should leave St Helen's equipped with the skills to succeed and reach their potential, as well as being well-rounded individuals, with a strong sense of self and accomplishment.

Our Inclusion Team

SENCo / Deputy Headteacher - Mrs Mary Orwell

Assistant SENCo – Mrs Amy Tisi

Shadow SENCo – Mrs Carmel Cook

Pastoral Care Lead / Assistant Headteacher – Miss Linda van Biljon

Early Help – Miss Ann Bullock

Any SEND enquiries should be sent to: senco@st-helens.olog.org.uk

What kind of special educational needs are provided for?

We support students who have difficulties under the four broad areas of need:

Communication and Interaction
Cognition and Learning
Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Sensory and Physical
We make provision to support students with SEND needs, Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) and/or medical needs. Students on the SEND register are students receiving support that is ‘additional and different from’ that provided within the usual curriculum offer. Should you wish to discuss additional support for your child, please email us to arrange a discussion.

External Agency Partnerships - The local offer

London Borough of Newham

https://families.newham.gov.uk/kb5/newham/directory/localoffer.page?localofferchannel=0

Evaluation of our provision

St Helen’s follows the SEND Code of Practice 2015 with the graduated approach, in evaluating the effectiveness of the provision made for children and young people with SEND (Assess, Plan, Do, Review).
St Helen’s has been reaccredited with the Inclusion Quality Mark at a Flagship level again in September 2024.