Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
The Children's and Families Act 2014 states that:
All children and young people are entitled to an education that enables them to make progress so that they:
- achieve their best
- become confident individuals living fulfilling lives
- make a successful transition into adulthood, whether into employment, further or higher education or training
Every school is required to identify and address the SEND of the pupils that they support:
- use their best endeavours to make sure that a child with SEND gets the support they need – this means doing everything they can to meet children and young people’s SEND
- ensure that children and young people with SEND engage in the activities of the school alongside pupils who do not have SEND
- designate a teacher to be responsible for co-ordinating SEND provision – Our Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) is Mrs. Debbie Bevan who has completed the National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination. She is contactable through the school office.
- inform parents when they are making special educational provision for a child
- prepare an SEND information report (see below) and their arrangements for the admission of disabled children, the steps being taken to prevent disabled children from being treated less favourably than others, the facilities provided to enable access to the school for disabled children and their accessibility plan showing how they plan to improve access progressively over time
There should be a member of the governing body or a sub-committee with specific oversight of the school’s arrangements for SEN and disability. The governor with responsibility for SEND is Mr. Mark Foulerton. School leaders should regularly review how expertise and resources used to address SEND can be used to build the quality of whole-school provision as part of their approach to school improvement.
Claverdon Primary School's arrangements for assessing and identifying pupils as having SEND are set out as part of the Local Offer which can be accessed below.
SEND Information Report 2022-23
Claverdon Primary School has a SEN policy which is reviewed regularly to ensure that local practises support the requirements of this Act. A full copy is available below:
Special Educational Needs & Disability Policy
Accessibility
We are committed to providing a fully accessible environment which values and includes all pupils, staff, parents and visitors regardless of their education, physical, sensory, social, spiritual, emotional and cultural needs. We are committed to challenging negative attitudes about disability and accessibility and to developing a culture of awareness, tolerance and inclusion.
Claverdon School plans, over time, to increase the accessibility of provision for all pupils, staff and visitors to the school. The Accessibility Plan will contain relevant actions to:
- Improve access to the physical environment of the school, adding specialist facilities as necessary. This covers improvements to the physical environment of the school and physical aids to access education.
- Increase access to the curriculum for pupils with a disability, expanding the curriculum as necessary to ensure that pupils with a disability are as, equally, prepared for life as are the able-bodied pupils. This covers teaching and learning and the wider curriculum of the school such as participation in after-school clubs, leisure and cultural activities or school visits. It also covers the provision of specialist aids and equipment, which may assist these pupils in accessing the curriculum.
- Improve the delivery of written information to pupils, staff, parents and visitors with disabilities. Examples might include handouts, timetables, textbooks and information about the school and school events. The information should be made available in various preferred formats within a reasonable time frame.
A full copy of the Accessibility Plan is available below:
