SEND
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
The Special Educational Needs and Learning Support Department of Bishop Thomas Grant School is at the heart of the school community and is an essential ingredient of our Catholic ethos.
The care of young people and their successful progress through the school is our primary concern. To achieve this aim, we have a team of dedicated staff who support within classes as well as in small groups and with one-to-one tuition.
We work together with the parents and carers of students with SEN and this can often be the most important factor in ensuring a student’s success. To this end we warmly welcome your advice and views when we are planning support.
If you wish to discuss your child, their progress and any additional support they might need, please contact Ms J Wellington Head of Special Educational Needs by email jwellington@btg-secondary.lambeth.sch.uk, or by telephone on 0208 835 9209.
Please click here for a copy of our SEND Information Report 2023-24.
Support for SEND students and their families
News
Right Support, Right Place, Right Time
Parents may be aware that earlier this year, a report was published outlining the government's plans for SEND reform. Read a summary here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/
And the full report here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/
Ideas
Top Revision tips for students with SEND
Though written for teachers, these strategies may be useful approaches for parents to try at home when exam season looms - and it is never to early to get young people into good revision habits: https://www.tes.com/revision-tips/twelve-tips-help-students-send-revise
Supported internships: post-16 options for young people with EHCPs
Written to provide parent-led information and resources, this website can signpost parents to explore this under-explored route into employment:
https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/supported-internships-send-young-people-employment/
Inside our autistic minds: what parents can learn
BBC Bitesize has some excellent resources related to SEND in their parent toolkit and this article explains masking, camouflaging and non-speaking autism with clips from Chris Packham's documentary series: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6yrjfr
Advice
If you need to know more about provision, support services and alternative provisions in your borough, the following links will be useful:
Lambeth: https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeths-send-local-offer
Croydon: https://localoffer.croydon.gov.uk/kb5/croydon/directory/home.page
Wandsworth: https://fis.wandsworth.gov.uk/kb5/wandsworth/fsd/localoffer.page?familychannel=2
Merton: https://directories.merton.gov.uk/kb5/merton/directory/localoffer.page?localofferchannel=0
Lewisham: https://lewisham.gov.uk/localoffer
Southwark: https://localoffer.southwark.gov.uk/
Lambeth Parent Forum
Parents of SEND students may be interested in a voluntary support group of parent carers of young people with SEND. Find out more and read their newsletter:
https://mailchi.mp/lambethparentforum/lambeth-parent-forum-newsletter-november-2023?e=c924235aa5
