Special Educational Needs Update

1. Special Educational Needs Update For Parents

2. National Context • 21% of children nationally are identified as SEND (special educational needs and/or disability) = 17 million pupils

3. Devonshire Road Primary – Our 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

4. The role of the Governing Body regarding SEN is to… 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.

5. The role of SENCO 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

6. The role of the class teacher is to…

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

8. How will it work in Bolton? Qualifies for EHCP Provision should be made within school SENCO should seek support from external agencies

9. Our graduated response to support children with SEN

10. Interventions that we offer include… • 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