SEN

Special Educational Needs at St Philip Howard Catholic School

Our Vision for our SEND Pupils

We believe that every child is special and unique. Every child is an individual with particular strengths, abilities and needs. Some children will require extra help, in order to cope with specific learning difficulties.

Our vision for our Special Needs Children is that they will have Confidence and that they will Achieve their Potential:

Our School Offer

In 2014, schools were required to publish information about services they provide for children with disabilities and Special Educational Needs. This is called the ‘Local Offer’. It includes information such as:

• How we identify Special Needs.
• What provision we have in place for Special Needs Children.
• The professionals and services that we work with.
• Who to speak to and what to do if you have concerns about your child.

Special Educational Needs News

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Mrs L Field and Miss E Conway are our school's Mental Health Leads.  Maureen Sheehan is our Mental Health Governor.  We have trained all our staff in the basics of Mental Health and Wellbeing.  They have been teaching our children about their own emotional wellbeing and what we can do to have a healthy mind.  We promote to children the importance of being healthy inside and out.  We are participating in Hertfordshire's Feeling Good Week in February 2019 so watch this space for information and photos of our exciting week!

Southfield Football

We played 5 a-side Football against Southfield school.  It was fantastic and the teams were very evenly matched!

Sensory Room

We have a lovely Sensory Room.  This was thanks to a successful funding application to our local DSPL (Delivering Special Provision Locally). The room includes a Dark Den, a Bubble Wall, a bubble mirror, an interactive emotions mat, bean bags and lots of sensory toys.  

Here are some pictures: