Our school SENDCO is Miss Harper.
For all SEND related matters or if you have any questions regarding provision for children with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities, please email our SENDCo using the school office email address: schooloffice@hoylakeholytrinityprimaryschool.co.uk or by telephoning 0151 632 4153.
Ethos
At Hoylake Holy Trinity CE Primary School, we are committed to supporting all learners, including those with a wide range of additional needs. These include Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC), Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, speech and language difficulties, attachment difficulties, Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Selective Mutism, and physical disabilities such as hearing or visual impairment. We also provide support for children experiencing high levels of anxiety or other mental health challenges.
We promote an inclusive approach to education by adapting our teaching methods to meet the diverse needs of the children in our care. Staff regularly reflect on and develop their practice, taking part in training and professional development to enhance their understanding of Special Educational Needs and to ensure effective, inclusive provision in the classroom.
We understand the importance of personalising the curriculum and learning environment for pupils with SEND, and we do this by offering targeted Teaching Assistant support—whether through small group work or individual 1:1 sessions where appropriate. A range of additional interventions are available to support both academic progress and personal development, including programmes focused on emotional regulation and social skills.
In our classrooms, we provide a variety of helpful resources such as visual aids (including mind maps and visual timetables), writing tools (pens, pencils, rulers, writing slopes), sensory supports (fidget toys, wobble cushions, resistance bands), ICT equipment, and reading overlays. These tools help pupils with SEND to access learning more independently and confidently, alongside their peers.
We work in partnership with a number of external agencies to further support our pupils, including SENAAT, Wirral Inclusion Team, Educational Psychologists, CAMHS, Gilbrook Outreach, Pastoral Support Teams, Wirral Mental Health Support Teams and the Wirral ASC Team.
Building strong, positive relationships with parents and carers is central to our approach. We work closely with families throughout the SEND identification and support process, recognising that this journey can be emotional and sometimes overwhelming. We aim to offer consistent support through regular face-to-face meetings, phone calls, email communication, and our school website.
SEND Policy
Accessibility Plan
Wirral Local Offer
What is a SEND Local Offer?
Each local area has a duty to publish information relating to the SEND services on offer regarding Health, Education and Social care. The idea being everything is in one place to help our SEND families navigate their way and be signposted to the advice and information they need to support their children and young people from birth up to the age of 25. News items and details of What’s On locally are also important, as is the option to get in touch to share feedback and suggest content.
SENDLO will evolve as the days and months go by. More and more content will be added. We are proud of the website we have produced but really want it to be as useful as possible for as many people as possible. We are actively encouraging anyone and everyone to visit the website and let us know what they think.
Please share your ideas, article suggestions, events information and, of course, sign up for our regular newsletters. This is quick and easy to do via the SENDLO website.
Here is a link to their website
https://www.sendlowirral.co.uk/
SEND Information Report
Provision Maps
Information for Parents
SEND
A child or young person has a Special Educational Need if they have significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age, or has a disability which prevents or hinders him or her from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age.
There are 4 broad areas of need:
– Communication and Interaction (CI) – Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)
– Cognition and Learning (COG/L) – Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD), Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD) such as: Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia.
– Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) – Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
– Sensory &/or Physical Needs (S/P)
– Hearing Impaired (HI), Visually Impaired (VI), Physical Disability (PD)
How does Hoylake Holy Trinity CE Primary implement the Graduated Approach?
At Hoylake Holy Trinity, SEND support is a cycle known as the Graduated Approach, which is used to establish the best way to help our children in the school environment and identify the most effective ways to support them. This support takes the form of a four-part cycle through which earlier decisions and actions are revisited, refined and revised with a growing understanding of the pupil’s needs and of what supports the pupil in making good progress and securing good outcomes.
