Welcome from the SENCO

Here at Petteril Bank, we offer an inclusive education to all children. The school has a policy of early identification of needs and prides itself on the high-quality response it provides.

We aim to give our pupils, parents and families the strongest voice and actively collaborate together to provide the best possible provision for our pupils with Special Educational Needs.

Our staff are experienced in supporting pupils with specific conditions such as Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and many more. We are fortunate to have a strong team of teaching assistants to facilitate specific programmes of intervention both in class and in small group support. Working together, we aim to help every child to reach their full potential.

We recognise and value the need for a full range of educational and pastoral support, and as such Cumbria Education Trust has a dedicated welfare team. In addition to our SENCO, Assistant SENCo and Learning Support staff this team includes: Education and Welfare Officers (EWOs), Family Learning Mentors, Safeguarding Officers, Family Connector Project and other specialists in the pastoral field.  We also have regular visits from a counsellor and have excellent links with outside agencies.

If you would like to make an appointment to discuss your child’s needs or find out more about the provision here at Petteril Bank, please telephone the school office.

~ Mrs Kimberley Simpson, Deputy Headteacher & SENCo

Our SENCo is also supported by the Assistant to SENCo Mrs G Storey.

INTRODUCING: We are delighted to introduce ‘The Burrow’ our dedicated safe space in school to support the delivery of trauma informed practice. This is a calm, warm inviting and safe space that pupils use for a number of purposes including; self regulation, safe talking, well being intervention and rest and relaxation. This is a space both the staff and children are very proud of and it is an asset to our provision.

COMING SOON: We are proud to be developing a dedicated Nurture Room within our school, The Room of Requirement will be designed to support emotional wellbeing and is currently undergoing refurbishment. 

Please see our SEND Information Report and local offer for details on how we can support with SEND

The Local Offer is a directory of all of the services available within Cumbria. To access this please click here.

The website for the Cumbria SEND Improvement website is available here.