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CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
As teachers, we are responsible for the
educational needs of all the children we have contact with
throughout the school day. This responsibility is focused on
those children within our teaching group and further focused
on those whose educational needs are special.
 It
is our aim to ensure that the special educational needs of
children at Westminster Cathedral are identified as early as
possible and that the procedures for meeting those needs are
effective. We have adopted the Code of Practice which has
enabled us to meet the special needs education of the
majority of children effectively within the mainstream
school with outside specialist help where necessary. We have
a part time teacher who is responsible for children with
Special Educational Needs. She works with the class teachers
and advises them on how best to meet the needs of all
children. In addition either she or a further part-time
special needs teacher works with some children on School
/Action or School Action Plus, either individually or in
small groups. Children who have a Statement of Special
Educational Need receive additional support from a learning
support teacher/assistant as detailed in their statement.
We recognise the invaluable contribution
that can be made by parents to their child’s progress and it
is our policy to inform them of all decisions to provide
their child with special help and to invite them to work in
partnership with the school at every stage.
PROVISION FOR THE DISABLED
Although currently it is difficult to
make provision for disabled pupils due to the nature of our
building, we have drawn up the required plans in partnership
with Westminster LEA to increase overtime the accessibility
of our school for disabled pupils. We are committed to make
every effort to anticipate the needs of any disabled pupil
under the new duties of the Disabilities Discrimination Act
(2001). Our Administration Area has recently been
refurbished and provides disability access and disabled
toilet facilities. |
