Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)

Building each other up in LOVE & LEARNING

St Stephen’s school ensures that all children with additional needs have opportunities to thrive and flourish, demonstrate their abilities and overcome barriers to learning, or barriers to living a happy and full life.

Contact Us: If you need to contact us regarding further information, you can contact our school SENDCO Mrs Naomi Mulholland who will assist you.

Our Provision and School Vision

The Children’s and Families Act 2014 forms the basis of our School Offer. This outlines the support and provision parents and carers can expect to receive whilst attending this school. We also take consideration of the Single Equality Act 2010 and of the SEN Code of Practice 2014.

• A Cohesive Approach: We train teachers and support staff to develop their awareness of a range of needs, enabling our learners to acquire knowledge and build self-confidence.

• Flourishing Safely: We strive to eliminate prejudice and discrimination, and to develop an environment where all children can flourish and feel safe.

• Celebrating Neurodiversity: At St Stephen's, we encourage children to understand themselves and their peers by learning about neurodiversity throughout the year. A powerful example of this is Alva’s Reverse Poem, written by one of our students about their personal experience as a neurodiverse individual.

  How to read it: Read downwards to see the challenges and negative effects neurodiversity can have when misunderstood. Read upwards from the bottom to see the incredible strengths and perspectives neurodiversity brings when it is fully supported and understood.

  (See the PDF in our downloads section below).

Quality First Teaching (QFT)

Support for all children begins with Quality First Teaching (QFT) for all. We provide specific strategies for:

• ADHD and Concentration

• Autism and Language

• Dyslexia, Reading, Spelling and Writing

• Dyspraxia and Physical Needs

• Hearing and Visual Needs

• Memory

  Learn more about our Quality First Teaching Strategies in the downloadable pages below.

Support for Tics and Tourette’s

Any repeated, rapid sound or movement that a child has trouble controlling may be a tic. On childmind.org, they round up resources on Tourette’s and other tic disorders, including behavioral treatment. Because tic disorders often coincide with other diagnoses, they also have information about how to support kids who have ADHD or OCD.

Help and Support Links

Local Authority Offers

• Richmond Borough Council ‘Local Offer’: Information on local services for families (0-25 years).
  Website: afcinfo.org.uk/local_offer | Tel: 020 8547 4722

• London Borough of Hounslow ‘Local Offer’: A guide to services for Hounslow residents.
  Website: hounslow.gov.uk Local Offer

Information, Advice and Support

• SENDIASS (Richmond and Kingston): Free, impartial, confidential advice managed by the charity KIDS.
  Website: kids.org.uk | Tel: 020 8831 6179

• Parent Partnership Service (Hounslow): Enabling parents to be better informed and play an active role in education.
  Website: hounslow.gov.uk | Tel: 020 8583 2607

• Independent Supporters: Working with you to ensure your voice is heard during EHC plan applications or transfers.
  Website: raid.org.uk | Tel: 020 8831 6076

Community Charities

• Skylarks: Twickenham-based charity working with the whole family. skylarks.charity

• ADHD Embrace: Richmond-based charity supporting parents and carers. adhdembrace.org

Feedback: Your Views

Achieving for Children would like to hear the views of parents/carers and children receiving SEN Support (those without an EHC Plan).

Adults, parents and carers - Please click here to feedback your views

Children - please click here to feedback your views