What expertise do we have in school to support your child?

St Peter’s School are committed to supporting on-going training for all their staff.

Our staff have participated in many training courses during the course of this year including:

• Managing effective interventions to help close gaps in Maths
• Signing for Language
• Attachment Theory
• Supporting Learners with Down Syndrome
• Practical Phonics
• Autism Awareness

We also have members of staff with specific qualifications relating to SEN.

Mrs Boggis – is has completed the National Award for SEN Co-ordination and also has Postgraduate Certificate in Vulnerable Learners and Inclusion.

Mrs Elder – has a Trinity TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) diploma, an OCR Level 5 in Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) and an Advanced Diploma in the Teaching of Maths at Cambridge University.

Mrs Goldsmith – has Level 2 training in supporting children with Autism.

We also work with many different specialist services from our local authority and the NHS including:

• Speech and Language Therapy
• Educational Psychology
• Physiotherapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Communication and Autism Team
• Counselling
• Windermere SpLD Outreach Team
• Hearing Impairment Team
• Physical and Neurological Impairment Team
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
• Clinical Psychologists
• Children’s Community Nurses

Your child may work with one of these services if a referral to that service is made. This may come through your GP, Paediatrician or through our school. We would seek advice from a specialist service if we feel that they could have a positive impact on your child’s progress through sharing their expertise in an area of need. This would be discussed with you and your permission sought before any referral is made.