Special Educational Needs and Disability

Worle Community School Academy is an inclusive and supportive school, committed to meeting the needs of all its pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We seek to do this by ensuring all our students have access to a broad and balanced curriculum, high quality teaching and pastoral support.

We recognise that all our pupils are individuals therefore the support we offer will differ for each pupil. This support can include targeted interventions, additional literacy and numeracy provision, 1:1 mentoring, social skills, differentiated materials, in-class support from our team of Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) and emotional and well-being support using the ‘Thrive’ approach.

For further information on our SEND provision please see our SEND Information Report, or contact our SENDCO, Ms. McCarthy at sarah.mccarthy@wcsa.theplt.org.uk

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