Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

 ✨SEND at Christ Church

Every child at Christ Church is included, valued and supported to thrive in a community where they truly belong💛

👧👦 Every child matters and belongs
At Christ Church CE Primary School, we are proud to be inclusive by design. Whatever their needs or starting points, all pupils are welcomed, supported and encouraged to thrive. Every child accesses our broad and ambitious curriculum, with teachers carefully adapting lessons so learning remains meaningful, age-appropriate and fully accessible. This ensures children with SEND learn alongside their peers, supported by skilled staff, thoughtful scaffolds and strategies that enable them to succeed with confidence and dignity.

 🔍 Early identification and tailored support
We act quickly and compassionately to understand each child’s needs so the right support can be put in place at the right time. This may include in-class adaptations, targeted interventions or, where appropriate, an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). Our approach is strengthened by close collaboration with families and a wide range of specialist professionals, including Speech and Language Therapy, the Mental Health Support Team, the 0–19 Team, SENAAT, the Local Authority SEND Team and many other external agencies. Together, we build a full, holistic picture of each child to ensure support is responsive, well-informed and designed to help every pupil thrive.

 🤝 Working together
Families often describe us as “a hub of support,” and partnership sits at the heart of our SEND practice. Our nurturing, trauma-responsive environment helps children feel safe, valued and ready to engage with learning. By working hand in hand - pupils, parents and staff - we create shared understanding, celebrate every achievement and ensure each child experiences a strong sense of belonging and the very best possible outcomes.

🏆 Recognised nationally for excellence in inclusion — IQM Centre of Excellence 2025

In September 2025, Christ Church CE Primary School was honoured to receive the Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence award.  This reflects our deeply rooted culture of belonging and our commitment to ensuring every child feels known, valued and supported to thrive. The IQM report celebrated our strong inclusive ethos, our consistent trauma-responsive practice, and the warm, united community that makes Christ Church such a special place.  It also recognised the skill, dedication and compassion of our staff, who work each day to create a school where every child feels safe, understood and part of our Christ Church family.  We are incredibly proud of this achievement and remain dedicated to championing inclusive excellence for all.

🌟Our Universal Offer

Our universal provision is purposefully designed so that every child benefits, not just those with identified needs.

🧠 Zones of Regulation help children understand their feelings, recognise their emotional state and choose strategies that support calmness, focus and readiness to learn.

✨ A whole-school sensory diet - including sensory circuits, movement breaks and access to soothing sensory spaces - supports pupils to remain regulated, grounded and comfortable throughout the day.

📘 Consistent visuals across classrooms and shared spaces provide structure, predictability and reassurance, helping children navigate their day with confidence and independence.

💛 Our trauma-responsive approach ensures relationships, empathy and emotional safety sit at the centre of all we do. Children are met with patience, compassion and unconditional positive regard, allowing them to build resilience, trust and a strong sense of belonging.

💬Targeted and Specialist Support

For pupils who benefit from more individualised support, we offer a wide range of compassionate, evidence-based interventions, delivered in small groups or one-to-one. The programmes below represent just a sample of the targeted support available, as we carefully select and tailor interventions based on each child’s unique strengths and needs:

🧱 Lego Therapy
🪜 Next Step Cards
✏️ Precision Teaching
🗣️ Socially Speaking
💬 Time to Talk
📘 Social Stories
🌈 Sensory Circuit (when used as a targeted intervention)
🤝 Friendship Groups
💛 ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support)
🐾 Dog Mentor Programme
💗 Wellbeing Check-ins

These interventions nurture the whole child - supporting communication, emotional literacy, confidence, social skills and independence. They help children build on their strengths and develop the tools they need to flourish both in school and beyond.

🌱 Always Improving, Always Inclusive

We are deeply committed to continually strengthening and evolving our SEND provision. Staff engage in ongoing training, reflective practice and research-informed development so that our approach remains responsive, forward-thinking and rooted in inclusion.

We listen closely to children, families and specialist professionals to ensure our offer is shaped by the voices of those it serves. With each step forward, we work to widen access, nurture independence and remove barriers so that every child can flourish - academically, socially and emotionally.

SEND Offer

SEND Statement of Intent, Implementation and Impact

Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Policy and Information Report

Further SEND Information and Policies

SEND Areas of Need

At Christ Church, we provide support for children across the 4 areas of need, as laid out in the SEND Code of Practice 2014.  Please click on the images below to find out more about our SEND provision.

 SENDLO

SENDLO brings together information about the local services and support available across education, health and social care for families with children and young people aged 0 to 25, who have special educational needs and/ or disabilities.

Please click on the image for further information about Wirral's Local Offer of SEND services. 

Tips for Parents

Dyslexia Reading Guide for Parents

Dyslexia Spelling Guide for ParentsDyslexia Maths Guide for ParentsDyslexia Homework Guide for ParentsDyslexia Improving Memory Guide for Parents  

If you have any concerns about your child, or would like to know more about our SEND provision, please click here to contact our SENDCo, Mrs R Phillips