The Government has asked all Local Authorities in the UK to publish, in one place, information about the services and provision they expect to be available in their area for children and young people from 0 to 25 who have Special Educational Needs and/or a Disability (SEND).
This is known as the Local Offer. Further information about the Local Offer can be found on the www.leedslocaloffer.org.uk website.
Since government reforms in 2014, there are now 4 areas of need for SEND children. These are:
In September 2024, we had 39 children on the SEND register. These children are broken down into the areas of need as below:
| Cognition and Learning | 9 children |
| Communication and Interaction | 25 children |
| Social, Emotional and Mental Health | 2 children |
| Deaf and Hearing Impaired | 2 children |
| Medical Need | 1 child |
Our SEND governor is Hilary Kitching. Our school SENCO is Mrs Percival.
If you would like to make an appointment with Mrs Percival then please phone the school office or contact us via office@whinmmorstpauls.co.uk
Schools also have to publish a SEND Information Report on their website. This will provide details about how we implement our policy for children and young people with SEND.
If you would like to discuss your SEND requirements in detail please contact the school to arrange an appointment.
Here is a copy of our SEND Policy
Early Help is an additional support which is offered to all of our pupils and families. As a school, we work alongside our local Seacroft and Manston cluster to provide a variety of services for our families who may be facing various difficulties.
The purpose of Early Help is to support the well-being of children and families by tackling emerging needs at the earliest opportunity and prevent them from getting worse. This means working with you to identify any support you may need and to help you gain access to additional services that can promote positive outcomes.
Effective Early Help may be delivered at any point in your child’s life about any issue which is impacting or could affect their development and well-being, including education and health. You can find out more information by clicking here
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The Communication Offer is a directory of services and resources to support speech, language and communication development in Leeds. You can now find the Communication Offer information on the Leeds Local Offer Website.
EP: Educational psychologists (EPs) work with children and young people from 0-25 to improve life outcomes.
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SENIT Early Years: This team supports the understanding and meeting of needs of children with SEND within the Foundation Stage. They provide advice and guidance to develop and build a setting’s capacity to meet the educational needs of young children who present with significant learning and cognition needs, communication and interaction differences, and/or personal, social and emotional difficulties or delay.
SENIT School Age: The school-age SENIT team of specialist teachers have expertise in the area of cognition and learning across all phases. They have a wealth of experience understanding and meeting the needs of children and young people with SEND up to age 25.
SEMH Inclusion Support: The SEMH Inclusion Support Team (IST) consists of Specialist Inclusion Workers and Senior Practitioners who have expertise in the area of Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs across all School-Age phases.
STARS: The STARS Team are Leeds Learning Inclusion Service’s Autism support team for mainstream early years settings, schools (primary or secondary), and colleges. They are a team of experienced and dedicated autism specialists, accredited by The National Autistic Society and are a training hub for the Autism Education Trust. They promote a difference not deficit approach to understanding autism.
Portage: This team is a pre-school home visiting educational and support service for young children with special educational needs and disability. The aim of Portage is to help parents and carers to become teachers of their own children in their own homes. Portage uses small steps teaching to help children learn in all areas of their development- for example, physical, social, communication and play.
DAHIT: The Deaf and Hearing Impairment Team (DAHIT), part of Learning Inclusion, supports deaf or hearing impaired children from the time of diagnosis to when they leave school or further education. The team works with children in their homes, early years settings, local schools, specialist resourced provisions or further education settings.
VIT: The Visual Impairment Team (VIT) promotes the educational inclusion and achievement of children and young people with visual impairment from the time of diagnosis to when they leave school or further education. The team works with children in their homes, early years settings, local schools, or further education settings.
Following the launch of the new online EHCP requests, another two forms have now been launched: one for parents and carers, and one for young people to request an EHC needs assessment.
These new forms are available on the Education, health and care needs assessments and plans webpage on the Leeds Gov website, and detailed guidance can be found on the Requesting an EHC needs assessment | Leeds Local Offer webpage. We highly encourage the guidance to be read before starting the online form.
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