Special Educational Needs Update

For Parents

21% of children nationally are identified as SEND (special educational needs and/or disability)

= 17 million pupils

National Context

School action Devonshire Road - 5.7% (26 children) National - 9.7%

School Action Plus (13 children) Devonshire Road - 4.9% (3 pending - 5.8%) National 7.7%

Statements 3 children, 2 pending

Barrier to learning most prevalent – speech, language and communication needs

Devonshire Road Primary – Our Context

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.

The role of the Governing Body regarding SEN 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

The role of SENCO is to…

The role of the class teacher is to…

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

Education and Health Care Bill 0 to 25 – changes to SEN provision Royal Assent expected May 2014 Implementation September 2014

How will it work in Bolton?

Qualifies for EHCP

SENCO should seek support from external agencies

Provision should be made within school

Our graduated response to support children with SEN

Wave 1 'Place'Quality first teachingInitial concernClassroom strategies - differentiation, rewards, liaise with parentsMonitor closely over a termForm 1

Wave 2 'Place Plus'Pupil progress meetings

Additional interventions to enable children to work at age

related expectationsAdditional behaviour strategies

involving other members of staff, e.g. TLR

Monitor closely over a term

Involve parents/carersInvolve children

Two week responseMeet with SENCO

Wave 3SEND additional support provision map completed and monitored - Form 2

highly personalised interventions delivered by

teacher and/or teaching assistant,

SENCO meets with parents and child

SENCO requests a formal assessment and/or advice from

outside agencies

Outside agencycomplete an assessment

Outside agency send the report and/or attends meeting with

SENCO, parents and class teacher

further interventions added to the provision map

'High Needs Funding'Education and Health Care Plan

Local Offer - Notional, Third Party Arrangements or Direct

Payments (2014)

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 A Counter Numbers Counts Numicon Hundred Square and Number Line Word Problem Work

Improve Working Memory Nurture Improving Gross and Fine Motor Skills EAL Support

Interventions that we offer include…