Welcome to our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities page. At St. Paul's, our Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENDCos) are Mrs Westlake and Mrs Felters. Our job is to ensure that pupils with additional needs have all they need to succeed, both socially and academically, during their time at St. Paul's. This includes working closely with parents, as well as liaising with other professionals and agencies.

As a prospective parent/carer, you may already be aware that your child has additional needs. In other cases, concerns may be raised once children have started with us. Whatever the circumstance, we endeavour to do all we can to support you and your family with any decisions that need to be made. We work closely with you as parents/carers and with other agencies to determine whether additional support is required and if so, the form that this should take.

For further information about the provision we offer, please scroll down the page.

Please note that whilst Mrs Westlake (SENDCo) is on Maternity Leave, the SENDCo drop in time will be changing... watch this space for further details!

SEND Provision at St. Paul's

If you are looking for an overview about how St. Paul's identifies and supports children with S.E.N.D., we hope you will find our Information Report a useful place to start:

If you need further information about areas such as admission arrangements, accessibility and many more, you may wish to read our S.E.N.D. policy:

If you still have further questions or wish to discuss anything further, please contact one of the staff below:

SENDCOs (Special Educational Needs Coordinators) – Mrs Emily Westlake / Mrs Lindsey Felters

Contact 01282 617035

SEN Governor – Mrs Nadia Tabassum

Contact 01282 617035

For further information about support for children with S.E.N.D. please follow the link below to the Lancashire Local Offer:

Concerns and Complaints

Whilst we endeavour to do all we can to support our pupils with S.E.N.D., if you ever have concerns about the support we are offering (including a concern that we have not provided the support required by your child's EHC plan) please follow these steps in order, moving on to the next one if your concern is not resolved.

1. Contact the school SENDCOs (Mrs Westlake/ Mrs Felters) regarding your initial concern. You may like to do so at our SENDCo drop in sessions on a Monday and Tuesday (9.00-9.30am in the Studio Hall).

2. Follow the school complaints procedure which can be found under the 'Parents' tab.

3. Contact the local authority at Inclusion.East@lancashire.gov.uk