Special Educational Needs
What are Special Education Needs?
Children and young people have special educational needs if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for them.
Special Educational Provision means:
For children of two or over, educational or training provision which is additional to or different from, that made generally for children or young people of the same age by mainstream schools, mainstream post-16 institutions or by relevant early years providers.
for children under two, educational provision of any kind.
Disability
Many children and young people who have SEN may have a disability under the Equality Act 2010.
The definition of disability is:
‘… a physical or mental impairment which has a long-term and substantial adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.’
Equality duties- please see our Accessibility Policy
What is an EHC Plan?
An EHC Plan is an Education Health & Care Plan- it has replaced ‘Statements’
Schools consider requesting an EHC Plan where children continue to fail to make expected progress despite interventions and support from outside agencies.
Nateby co-operates with Lancashire Education Authority by providing information regarding a pupil’s education in order to make an assessment.
Governing Body Responsibilities
The governors of Nateby School have a statutory duty for SEND this is set out in the Governors’ Handbook.
Governors have regard to 0-25 SEND Code of Practice when carrying out its duties for pupils with SEND.
Nateby School has a SEND governor- Mrs Houghton but the governors as a whole retain overall responsibility.
The headteacher has overall responsibility for implementation of the school’s SEND policy.
The SENCO at Nateby is Mrs Riley.
The SENCo has responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the SEND policy and co-ordinating provision for pupils with SEND including those with EHC Plans. If you need to discuss an issue regarding SEND or have some SEND questions please contact Mrs Riley via the school office.
Governors receive reports and presentations on a regular basis.
At Nateby our SEND cohorts are small so we do not publish information as it may identify our pupils.
Funding
At Nateby we endeavour to identify pupil’s SEND early. Support is routinely put in place for identified pupils. Our staff have the knowledge, understanding and skills to provide the right support but where this does not have the desired effect we liaise with other agencies promptly.
We have high aspirations for all our pupils and continually adapt our approach to learning and daily school life to meet their needs. We work in conjunction with the pupils themselves and their parents to ensure their opinions are included in our procedures and policies.
The SEND Partnership
The latest news from across the SEND Partnership:
Local Authority Offer
Here is a link to Lancashire Education Authority’s Local Offer for SEND
Please see the above flyer for LEA services and policies.
The NASEN SEND Gateway
Please follow this link for further SEND information:
http://www.sendgateway.org.uk/
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