St Joseph's College

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Learning Support interventions at St Joseph’s

The Learning Support Department at St Joseph’s College aims to provide a warm, caring and welcoming environment in which the following interventions are offered to maximize the teaching and learning experiences of our students within a positive social context:

• Students identified with literacy difficulties are taught tailored literacy programmes by a specialist teacher in dyslexia
• Open-door, drop-in support offered on a daily basis
• Touch typing, organisational skills, handwriting support put in place where the need is identified
• Pastoral support provided
• LS option offered at KS4 to deliver support across the curriculum, and to teach study and revision skills
• In-class support of a LSA where appropriate
• Catch-Up Reading programmes on a 1:1 basis
• HWK club (after school)
• Lunch Club
• 1:1 mentoring/self-esteem development
• Students learn within a ‘can do’ approach with high expectations
• Access arrangements put in place (SENCo/specialist teacher)
• Spelling Stars
• Additional teaching of spelling, punctuation and grammar in direct response to the changes made to the GCSE English Language paper, which now places greater emphasis on these aspects