SEND
Supporting Every Learner: Our Access and Achievement Team (SEND)
At Chorlton High School, our dedicated 'Access and Achievement' team is committed to ensuring that all students' individual learning needs are met and celebrated. This specialist, knowledgeable, passionate, and experienced team works tirelessly alongside students, parents, carers, staff, and other stakeholders to guarantee that every student can access everything they need to achieve their full potential.
Our team comprises expert teaching staff and up to 20 highly skilled Teaching Assistants.
Together, they provide crucial support to students who require additional help accessing the curriculum, both in lessons and throughout the school day. The Access and Achievement team diligently identifies individual student needs, providing specialised and targeted support to ensure every student flourishes.
Whether a student has a Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND), English as an Additional Language (EAL), or faces any challenge in accessing the curriculum, our team works to put the most appropriate support and provision in place.
This comprehensive support can take many forms, including:
- Literacy & Numeracy tuition
- In-class support
- Small group work
- One-to-one sessions for Dyslexia with a specialist teacher
- One-to-one support for other learning difficulties
- Access to specialist equipment or programmes
- Dedicated time in our THINC room
Students working with the Access and Achievement Team are provided with clear, personalised targets for progress, which are regularly reviewed and shared with all key stakeholders. Specific interventions and bespoke programmes are carefully orchestrated and closely monitored to meet the individual needs of each student, ensuring that there are no barriers to success. Furthermore, the department offers an invite-only break, lunchtime, and homework club, providing a welcoming space for identified students to meet, study, complete homework, and socialise.
Please do not hesitate to contact our team to discuss any concerns regarding specialist provision for your child. We encourage you to reach out to the Curriculum Leader, the SENDCO, or the Access and Achievement Coordinators. Our comprehensive SEN Policy is also available below, containing detailed information about our provision, resources, and complaints procedure.
Key Contacts:
- SENDCO, Director of Access & Achievement: Mrs. A. Dawson
- Curriculum Leader - Access & Achievement: Mrs. A. Dawson
- Assistant Curriculum Leader - Access & Achievement: Mrs. K. Whitaker, Mrs. J. Shaw
Manchester Local Offer
Chorlton High School works closely with the Manchester Local Offer, a vital resource designed to help children and young people with SEND (up to the age of 25) and their parents/carers in the Manchester City Council area. It provides clear information about the services and support they can expect locally.
Beyond its informative website, the Manchester Local Offer hosts regular drop-ins and issues a newsletter. Critically, they actively collaborate with families to continually improve services and the support available.
Click the link below to explore their comprehensive range of support, services, and activities.
Manchester City Council - Manchester Local Offer
