Special educational needs

Lancashire Special Educational Needs Information Advice and Support Team can provide you with information, advice and support around special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Lancashire. They provide a free service which is impartial, and confidential. It can help you to gather, understand and interpret information and apply it to your own situation. 

If you would like to find out more information, please click here. 

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Please click here to view the FIND SPRING 2025 Newsletter 

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The Max Card is a discount card for families of children with additional needs. Families can save money on great days out at castles, zoos, bowling alleys, trampoline parks and many more. Please click here for further information: Max Card Discount for Families.

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Please click on the link below to view Sir John Thursby Community College  SEN Information report.

  Sir John Thursby Community College SEN Information report

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• BFCitC’s Disability Sport Project provides a variety of opportunities for people with disabilities, regardless of the severity of their impairment. They believe individuals with a disability shouldn’t have to encounter any barriers to accessing sport.

  These fun-based sessions aim to develop everyone physically, technically, socially and psychologically through the delivery of multisport activities. The activities are delivered by Burnley FC in the Community’s friendly staff who are engaging, qualified and experienced.

  For more information click here         

• Barnardo’s Include Me 2

  They offer afterschool, weekend and school holiday groups for children and young people with Special educational needs and/or disabilities that have difficulty accessing universal services.

  Please click here for further information

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• How to support children with SEND with talking to people online, please click here for further information.

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•  The Lancashire SEND Partnership brings together all the agencies in Lancashire which provide the special educational needs and disability (SEND) services for children, young people, their parents and carers. Please click on the link below to read the latest news from the Lancashire SEND Partnership. Here you will find information about the improvement journey for SEND services in Lancashire, learn more about parent carer engagement activities and the launch of the local area partnerships.  There's also an update on the Local Offer re-development and a handy link to the on-going POET survey.

Click here for latest news from Lancashire SEND Partnership 

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Independence skills for children and young people with visual impairments

Please click here for advice for parents on how to support development of independent cooking skills for Visual Impairment students at home. 

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LOCAL OFFER

• The local offer brings together information that is helpful to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families. If you require any more information about the Local Offer you can access it here LOCAL OFFER  

Please click here to view the SEN & Disability - Local Offer for Sir John Thursby 

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