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St Claudine's is committed to ensuring pupils with special educational needs (SEN) are fully included in all aspects of school life. Every member of our school community is respected and supported to reach their potential.

A child has SEN if they have a learning difficulty or disability that means they need support that is additional to, or different from, what is normally available to pupils of the same age.

Contact us

SENCO: Miss J Christiansen

Deputy SENCO: Ms F Ban

Send Governor: Ms Beverly Stewart 

Email: office@stclaudines.co.uk

Phone: 020 8965 2986

Areas of need we support

As a mainstream, inclusive school, we support pupils across the four broad areas of SEND:

  • Communication and Interaction

  • Cognition and Learning

  • Social, Emotional and Mental Health

  • Sensory and/or Physical

How we support pupils

Support is tailored to individual need, from quality-first teaching in the classroom through to small-group and one-to-one intervention. Pupils with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) receive allocated support from our Learning Support Assistants, Learning Support Coordinator and Learning Support Teacher — mostly delivered in class, with withdrawal for small-group work where it's needed.

Literacy and numeracy programmes

We use a range of evidence-based programmes, including:

  • SRA Reading Laboratory

  • Read Write Inc.

  • Colourful Semantics

  • White Rose Maths

  • Little Wandle Code Phonics 

Wider support and enrichment

  • Transition programs for Year 6 pupils joining us

  • Lego Club

  • In-class support from Learning Support Assistants

  • Partnership with the Brent Outreach Autism Team

  • Speech and language support

  • AQA Unit Award Certificates in Numeracy and Literacy

  • Social skills groups

  • Touch typing clubs

  • Homework Club, with computer, internet, printing and staff support

ASPIRE Programme

Established in 2023, ASPIRE supports pupils with more complex or diverse learning needs within our mainstream setting. Pupils work in small groups towards AQA Unit Award certificates, with flexible, personalised approaches across subjects. ASPIRE aims to:

  • support academic progress alongside learning and social, emotional and mental health needs

  • build pupils' confidence and self-esteem

  • develop social and communication skills

  • provide outreach to the wider school and community

Useful links for parents and carers

Brent's Local Offer — information for families of children and young people aged 0–25 with SEND

Brent's Children and Families Information Service — services for children and young people aged 0–19 (up to 25 with SEND)

Talking Point — support for speech, language and communication development

The Challenging Behaviour Foundation — support for families of children with behaviours that challenge

Find out more

For full details of how we identify, assess and support pupils with SEND, please see our SEN Information Report and SEND Policy, and our full range of key documents, on our:

SEND information and downloads page