SEND
SEND Team
SENDCo: Miss Megan Whitehead
Deputy SENDCo: Mrs Heather Aherne
Assistant SENDCos: Mrs. Fiona Weir, Miss Kat Edwards
SEND Governor: Miss Lindsey Taylor
If you have any concerns about your child, please initially speak to the class teacher and then the SENDCO.
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
The 4 broad categories of SEND are:
– Communication and interaction
– Cognition and learning
– Social, emotional and mental health
– Physical and sensory
A person has SEN if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for him or her. At compulsory school age this means he or she has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others 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 in mainstream schools.
If you have a concern about the support your child is receiving in school we strongly encourage you to make an appointment with your child’s class teacher to discuss this concern.
For arrangements for the admission of disabled pupils, please refer to the Admissions policy in the section entitled ‘Policies’.
SEND Accessibility for new pupils at Divine Mercy
The school is a two storey building with a lift for upstairs access. There are many accessible entrances for children with a range of medical conditions including children using wheelchairs and those with limited mobility.