Special Educational Needs
If you would like to discuss anything about your child's needs, please do not hesitate to contact the school office to arrange an appointment with Mrs Howson, our SENDCo.
A child has special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) if they have a learning difficulty or disability which means that they find it significantly harder to learn, or to do activities expected for their age.
These children may need extra support, or special provision made for them, to ensure they can fully access the curriculum and all school activities.
If your child has special educational needs or disabilities their needs will fall into one or more of the four main areas of SEN, as outlined within the SEND Code of Practice.
Communication and Interaction
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)
- Autism
Cognition and Learning
- Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD)
- Moderate Learning Difficulty (MLD)
- Severe Learning Difficulty (SLD)
- Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty (PMLD)
Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Anxiety
- Attachment
- Mental Health
Physical and Sensory
- Visual Impairment (VI)
- Hearing Impairment (HI)
- Multi-Sensory Impairment (MSI)
- Physical Disability (PD)
Have a look at our SEND information report to find out how we monitor the progress of children and what our universal offer is to support children with SEND. Also outlined on the information report is a range of strategies/interventions that are used within our setting.
We are incredibly proud of our Universal Offer which reflects our inclusive culture to ensure all needs are supported and all children experience the feeling of belonging. We invite you to spend some time exploring some of the things that are available through our universal, targeted and bespoke offerings.
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Support Plans and Pupil Passports
For children on the SEND register, we follow the Assess, Plan, Do, Review cycle. We use provision map to create indivudal support plans and pupil passports for children which are reviewed termly. We use a child-centred approach and the child's view, parent/carer view and teacher view are all incorporated within these plans.
Additional support
We work closely with specialist teachers from the Specialist Education Services (SES) to support children in our setting, when approrpaite to do so. We follow Suffolk's graduated response and will consider an Educational, Health, Care Needs Assessments (EHCNA) if required.
If you have concerns about your child, our SEND pathway will guide you through the steps that we will go through in order to evaluate what support would be beneficial.
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