St Mary's Sabden

With Jesus in our hearts, we welcome, we learn, we laugh, we flourish.

 
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

At St Mary’s we value all children equally and do our utmost to welcome everyone into our school by ensuring that we have a fully accessible and appropriate environment and curriculum for all our pupils and parents/carers – regardless of any particular need that they have.

Our Special Educational Needs Coordinator is Mrs Kerrie Davis, she looks after the school’s policy and also checks that all children identified as needing additional support are catered for well. Mrs Davis is also a specialist teacher for children with SEND and provides tuition for our pupils with additional educational needs.

If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us. Our class teachers are always happy to talk and, if you need a more in-depth chat, Miss Halstead and Mrs Davis will both be happy to see you.

 Contact Details
Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator: 
Mrs Kerrie Davis
If you wish to discuss your child’s needs or provision, please call the school office to make an appointment with our SENDCo. 
SEND Governor: 
The SEN Governor, Mr John McNulty.
Please email the school office to arrange an appointment;
Head Teacher:
Headteacher: Miss C Halstead
Watt Street Sabden Clitheroe
Lancashire BB7 9ED Tel: 01282 771009
Please email the school office to arrange an appointment;

 

 The Local Offer
The Local Offer sets out at the ‘local authority level’ what the Local Authority expects to be available in every school. Click on the button below for more information.
Lancashire's Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Local Offer
 Complaints
Complaints for parents of children with Special Educational Needs: 
The complaint procedure for special educational needs mirrors the school’s other complaints procedures. Should a parent or carer have a concern about the special provision made for their child they should in the first instance discuss this with the class teacher. 
If the matter is not resolved satisfactorily parents have recourse to the following: 
  • discuss the problem with the Headteacher/ SENDCo
  • More serious on-going concerns should be presented in writing to the SEN Governor, who will inform the Chair of the Governors. 
Should you wish to make an appointment with any of the above, please contact the school office on 01282 771009 or bursar@st-marys-sabden.lancs.sch.uk
The complaints procedure can be found on the school website. 
If the complaint regards a Statutory Assessment of a child’s needs, the complaint should be forwarded to the Local Authority. 
Parents/Carers can find more information by clicking here.  
For full details of the school’s provision for pupils with SEND please see our SEND Information Report, to be read in conjunction with the school’s SEND Policy.
Lancashire Short Breaks 
Break Time short break activities provide a range of activities and groups for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities who meet the criteria to attend and who do not receive short breaks following a social care assessment of need.
Please click here to find out more and see if you meet the criteria.

Following Boris Johnson’s 8pm announcement we now know that as of midnight tonight the country has entered a new period of Lockdown, a Lockdown that includes the closure of school. 

School will be open for the children of Key Workers and for pupils who are deemed vulnerable. All pupils will be provided with work in order for them to keep learning. 

Tonight’s announcement was very short notice for you as parents and also for us as a Staff. Tomorrow, by 11am there will be three tasks on the school website for each Class to complete as their Tuesday learning. However, School will be closed to ALL pupils tomorrow. 

 

Staff, however, will be in school preparing for the rest of the Lockdown. Through tomorrow we will prepare school to make it safe for Key worker pupils and vulnerable children to return. 

We will send out a form for you to apply for a place in the Keyworker Bubbles and we will let you know more about how children will be learning remotely. We will do our very best to re-open to Key Worker children and vulnerable pupils by Wednesday. 

I am aware of how difficult this is for you all, School closing creates a multitude of problems for everyone but data surrounding this awful disease dictates that this is a necessary step. As ever, the safety and health of everyone must be a priority. 

Thank you for your continued support and we will be in frequent contact over the next few days. 

Many thanks

Claire Halstead