Parental engagement and involvement are important to us. This is embedded in our purpose, rooted in Canon Law….
Our ACHIEVE strategy offers monthly drop-in opportunity to speak to our SENDCo or senior pastoral lead (who leads on Early Help).
SEND Information
SENCo: Mr M Stubbs | Miss M Fairhurst
SLT Inclusion Lead: Mrs B Furey
Senior Pastoral Lead: Mr S Dootson
SEND Team members: Miss H Dewhurst | Mrs A Kakoullis
SNAs: Mrs A Rhodes | Miss N Price | Mrs S Barnes | Miss S Finch | Mrs L Garside | Mrs J Allen | Ms K Whittle | Miss K Lundy | Mrs R Ghosh | Ms S Worgan
Useful websites to support parents who have children with additional needs:
Please note these websites are not linked to the school and we are not responsible for their content. The following websites give definitions of, information on and ways of working with specific conditions in education.
- Bolton Parent Carer Consortium: http://www.bpcc.org.uk/
Dyslexia Information and Support
- British Dyslexia Association http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/
- Helen Arkell Centre www.arkellcentre.org.uk
- Reid, Gavin www.gavinreid.co.uk
- The Dyslexia Institute www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk
Speech and Language Information and Support
- Afasic England – supporting children and their parents to overcome speech and language difficulties. The website contains a wealth of information for children, young people, their parents/carers and the professionals who are providing support and services for them: http://www.afasic.org.uk/
- I CAN – the children’s communication charity. I CAN’s mission is to make sure that everyone in contact with children knows how important communication is, what a communication difficulty looks like and what they can do to help: http://www.ican.org.uk/
- Talking Point – the first stop for information on children’s communication: http://www.talkingpoint.org.uk/
Websites about specific learning difficulties:
Social,Emotional and Mental Health Information and Support
- Mencap: http://www.mencap.org.uk/
- Youngs Minds: for Children’s mental health: http://www.youngminds.org.uk/
Autistic Spectrum Information and Support
- The National Autistic Society www.autism.org.uk/
- Autism Speaks https://www.autismspeaks.org/
- NHS www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Autism/Pages/Helpparentscarers.aspx
Visual and or Hearing impairment
- National Blind Children’s Society: http://www.nbcs.org.uk/
- The National Deaf Children’s Society: http://www.ndcs.org.uk/
Down’s syndrome
Our Headteacher recently led a parental engagement conference at the Diocese of Salford.
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