Learning support

 ST CHARLES LEARNING SUPPORT DEPARTMENT

The Additional Learning Support Department at St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College has a strong reputation for providing high quality and individually tailored support for students with a variety of identified needs. The Department adopts a holistic approach to support and our aim is to affect positive change for all students with a Special Educational Need and Disability (including students with an Education and Health Care Plan) and other vulnerable students by helping them achieve their chosen learning goals and future ambitions.

 

We provide ALS for students who fall into the 4 categories of need as per the SEND Code of Practice in addition to providing support for students with English as an Additional Language, those with medical needs and those in receipt of exam concessions. Our experienced and specialist ALS team of teachers and teaching assistants work in partnership with students, their families and multi-disciplinary teams of professionals, including but not exclusively, education providers, speech & language and occupational therapists, mental health professionals, vision and hearing support services. We work to remove barriers that prevent individuals from accessing the curriculum, enabling them to achieve their potential and prepare them for their next steps and adulthood.

 

Students are supported in an inclusive and nurturing environment through appropriate one to one or shared in class support. In addition, students receive individual or small group out of class support in our newly refurbished ALS accommodation which is a specialist provision for students with a specific diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder/Condition (ASD).

 

Please contact Mary McHugh, Head of Learning Support to discuss any aspect of the provision.