At Bishop’s Waltham Junior School the health, safety and well-being of every child is our top priority.

Special Educational Needs (SEND)

To find out more about Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Provision at BWJS please contact the SEND Coordinator, Mrs. Lesley Peach (01489 892368) mrs.peach@bwjsapps.co.uk

SEND Provision at Bishop's Waltham Junior School

Bishop’s Waltham Junior is a mainstream school that strives to provide the best learning opportunities for all children. Our core values promote an inclusive school community.  The school, including the governing body, recognises that all children are individuals who have different learning needs. We work hard to ensure all children are given the right balance of support and challenge.

To find out more about our SEND provision, click here to download our 'SEND Policy & Information Report.'

To read the schools 'Accessibility policy &  Plan,' click here 

To access HAMPSHIRE LOCAL OFFER (Services and information for children and young people with SEN and/or disabilities)  - click here

What are Special Educational Needs (SEND)?

A child has special educational needs (SEND) if he or she has learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for him or her to learn than most other children of about the same age.

Many children will have special educational needs of some kind during their education. Schools and other organisations can help most children overcome the barriers their difficulties present quickly and easily. A few children will need extra help for some or all of their time in school.

So special educational needs could mean that a child has:

• learning difficulties – in acquiring basic skills in school
• emotional and behavioural difficulties – making friends or relating to adults or behaving properly in school
• specific learning difficulties – with reading, writing, number work or understanding information
• sensory or physical needs - such as hearing or a visual impairment, which might affect them in school
• communication problems – in expressing themselves or understanding what others are saying
• medical or health conditions – which may slow down a child’s progress and/or involves treatment that affects his or her education.

Children make progress at different rates and have different ways in which they learn best. Teachers take account of this in the way they organise their lessons and teach. Children making slower progress or having particular difficulties in one area may be given extra help or different lessons to help them succeed.

You should not assume, just because your child is making slower progress than you expected or the teachers are providing different support, help or activities in class, that your child has special educational needs.

For impartial Special Educational Needs and Disability, Advice and Support - please visit SENDIASS:  Advice and Support for Parents: