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Shotley Bridge, Consett, Co Durham

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Home / SEND / Our SEN Provision / How we identify, assess and review children with special educational needs

How we identify, assess and review children with special educational needs

Most children and young people in mainstream schools will have their special educational needs met through good classroom practice. This is called Quality First Teaching.

This might include sitting them closer to the front at story time, using visual props or providing larger, simpler resources at group times.

Early Identification of Need

In deciding whether to make special education provision to support educational, social, physical or emotional needs, we:

  • Work in partnership with parents/carers. Detailed parent information about a child is taken when children start and pre-school information gathered.
  • Consult with relevant external agencies such as Speech and Language therapy, Movement Services, Occupational Therapy and BIT (Behaviour Intervention Team).
  • Use assessment tools & materials.
  • Use observations from staff.
  • Use Short Notes and SEN Support Plans which are shared and discussed with parents.
  • Use advice from a Speech and Language Consultant and Educational Psychology service.

SEN Support

Where a pupil is identified as having a special educational need we follow a graduated approach which takes the form of cycles of “Assess, Plan, Do, Review”.

This means that we will: 

This means that we will:

  • Assess a child’s special educational needs through staff and SENCO observations and discussions with parents.
  • Plan the provision to meet your child’s aspirations and agreed outcomes through producing a SEN support plan outlining the additional provision that we will make, with agreed outcomes.
  • Do put the provision in place to meet those outcomes for example a language support programme.  Sometimes this will be in the form of an extra group time, with a small group of children. Sometimes it will be some individual support for short periods of time, for example supporting use of PECS cards to develop communication skills.
  • Review the support and progress through staff and SENCO observational assessment, use of assessment schemes and discussions with parents/carers.

As part of this approach every child with SEN will have an individualised Support Plan that describes the child’s needs, outcomes & provision to meet those needs.  Parents/carers and child (where appropriate) views are integral to  this process.If parents/carers have concerns they are given the highest priority and a meeting is arranged with the Headteacher, who is also the SENCO.

As part of this approach every child with SEN will have an individualised SEN Support Plan that describes the child’s needs, outcomes & provision to meet those needs.  Parents/carers and child/YP (where appropriate) views are integral to the this process.

In evaluating SEN provision, outcomes are evaluated in relation not just to individual children but for the cohort of children as a whole. Regular monitoring of provision by the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher ensures that all children, including children with SEND receive high quality teaching. Children with SEND access the full curriculum and provision alongside their peers.

A small percentage of children and young people with significant and/or complex  needs may require an assessment that could lead to an Education, Health and Care Plan.

A small percentage of children and young people with significant and/or complex needs may require an assessment that could lead to an Education, Health and Care Plan.

For more detailed information see the Local Offer

Details of Identification and Assessment of Pupils with SEN

For further information please view or download our Accessibility Plan which can be found in the School Policies section of our website.

SEN Information Report

  • Introduction
  • Our SEN Provision
    • The kinds of SEN that are provided for:
    • Our approach to teaching children & young people with SEN
    • How we adapt the curriculum and learning environment for children & young people with SEN
    • How we identify, assess and review children with special educational needs
    • How children with SEN engage in all activities?
    • How we evaluate the effectiveness of SEN Provision
  • Support for Emotional & Social Development
  • Looked After Children with SEND
  • Consulting with our SEN Pupils, Parents & Carers
  • SEN Transition
  • SEN Specialist Expertise
  • Compliments, Complaints & Feedback
  • Key Policies
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