How does the school identify special educational needs?
19th October 2017
People Responsible – Learning Support Assistants, Class Teachers, SENDCo
According to the 2015 SEND Code of Practice:
A child or young person has SEN if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for them. A child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty if they:
- Have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age; or
- Have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in mainstream schools or mainstream post-16 institutions.
At Cams Hill School, children are identified as potentially experiencing SEND through the following:
- Liaison with primary/previous school
- If the child has a physical or learning impairment that prevents them from accessing the National Curriculum without significant additional support
- If a child requires the support of an outside agency to support them with a specific learning difficulty or physical disability
- Whole year screening assessments for reading and spelling
- Computer screening software (Lucid EXACT, LASS 11-15 etc)
- If a child is making significantly less progress than expected despite the appropriate support being provided
- If concerns are raised by a parent/carer
- If concerns are raised by a teacher – for example behaviour or self-esteem affecting their performance