1. Special Educational Needs Update
For Parents

2. National Context
14.4% of children nationally are identified as SEND (special educational needs and/or disability)
= 1,244,255 pupils (2017)

3. Devonshire Road Primary – Our Context
SEN Support
11.9% (50 children)
Statement or Education, Health & Care Plan
1.1% (5 children)
Overall on SEN register
13% (55 children)
Barrier to learning most prevalent – speech, language and communication needs

4. The role of the Governing Body regarding SEN is to…
Ensure that the head teacher and teachers are accountable for the following:
All legal requirements are being met
Children are making good progress
Provision is put in place to meet the needs of the SEN pupils

5. The role of SENCO is to… Ensure that:
All legal requirements are being met
Children are effectively identified
Provision is put in place to meet the needs of the SEN pupils
Provision is monitored to ensure good progress is being made
SMT (Senior Management Team), governors, governor with responsibility for SEND, outside agencies and parents are informed and encouraged to engage and meet the needs of SEN pupils

6. The role of the class teacher is to…

7. Special Educational Needs & Disability Code of Practice 0-25 years January 2015
Includes children and young people from the ages of 0-25 to ensure a successful transition to adulthood
Focus on views of children and parents - having an active role in decision making - 'person centred planning'
Focus on EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage or Reception)- meeting the needs early - 'embed a culture of high expectations‘ from Reception
Provision to be made to enable pupils with SEN to 'close the gaps'
Ensure collaboration between services
Provision should include 'evidence-based' interventions
Graduated approach to meeting the needs of pupils with SEN
All support planned and reviewed by the class teacher
Single category of 'SEND‘ – school action and school action plus will no longer exist
4 areas of SEN - Communication and interaction, cognition and learning, social, mental and emotional health, sensory and/or physical. Behaviour is not a category as it is a symptom of other difficulties.
Education and Health Care Plan to replace ‘statement’
Introduction of notional funding, the local offer and the school offer

8. Our graduated response to support children with SEN

9. Interventions that we offer include…
One to one reading
Extra guided reading sessions
Reciprocal Reading
Every Child A Reader
Comprehension
Phonics
Level 5 and 6 booster
Reading Buddies
Basic Sentence Construction
Improving Sentences
Improving Vocabulary
Handwriting
Ten Town
Every Child Counts
Numicon
Hundred Square and Number Line
Word Problem Work
Working Memory
Nurture
Improving Gross and Fine Motor Skills
EAL Support
Inference training