SEND - Information Report
Our SEND Information Report – which is part of Durham County Council’s Local Offer – provides details about how we support children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in our school. Our SEND Information Report will provide details about how we implement our policy and practice to deliver high quality SEND provision for children and young people with SEND.
The SEND Information Report is regularly reviewed to ensure we are meeting the needs of our pupils.
We value the contribution that every child can make and welcome the diversity of culture, religion and intellectual style. We are committed to offering an inclusive curriculum to ensure the best possible progress for all of our pupils whatever their needs and abilities. The school seeks to raise achievement, remove barriers to learning and increase physical and curricular access to all. All children with SEND and vulnerable groups are valued, respected and equal members of the school.
As such, provision for pupils with SEND is a matter for the school as a whole.
“All teachers are teachers of pupils with SEND”.
This SEND Information Report should be read alongside the school’s SEND Policy, the Equalities Information and Objectives and the Accessibility Plan.
catchgate send info report 2025 2026 .pdf
Agencies and Partnerships
Catchgate Primary School works closely with other professionals who may be involved in the care/education of your child.
External specialists may:
- Act in an advisory capacity
- Extend expertise of school staff
- Provide additional assessment
- Support a child directly
- Suggest statutory assessment is advisable
- Consult with all parties involved with the child
External specialists may include:
- Parental Support Page for Durham
- Durham County Council Local Offer
- Durham SEND Information, Advice and Support Service
- Behaviour Support Services
- CAMHS Assessment Team
- Contact a Family
- Autistic Spectrum Support Team
- School Educational Psychologist
- Durham Movement Difficulties Service
- One Point Children’s Service
- Educational Social Workers
- Educational Welfare Officer
- Health Agencies, particularly School Nurse Service and Health Visitors
- LACES team – Children in Care
- Learning Difficulties and Disability Support Service
- Special Educational Needs – Inclusion Team
- Looked After Children Team
- Medical Practitioners
- Occupational Therapy
- Durham IASS (Parent Partnership)
- Local Offer
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Stronger Families
- The Service for the Visually Impaired
- Tree Tops Occupational Therapy
Some children benefit from special equipment to aid their learning. These may include, for example, special pens, rulers, cushions, coloured overlays, writing wedges and pencil grips etc. These, or other special equipment, would be provided if recommended for your child.
School support for parents/carers
- Open Door Policy – Come into school at any time if you feel you need to discuss anything. We encourage an open door policy. We recognise that parents may have concerns at any time in the school year and we would encourage parents not to wait until the next meeting to discuss these.
- Termly parents evenings and opportunities to meet the teacher during transition week
- Termly SEND reviews/annual reviews depending upon your child’s needs. These are centred around your child. Targets are reviewed and new targets are set.
- TAF (Team Around the Family) meetings convened where a pupil’s/family’s needs are assessed as significant
We believe that pupils should be fully involved in reflecting upon their learning and how well they are doing. Teachers and teaching assistants use many ways to enable pupils to consider their strengths and to express any difficulties they may be experiencing.