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Special Educational Needs Policy
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this policy is to ensure that pupils with special
educationalneeds at Christs School are recognised and receive the
support necessary toenable them to gain the maximum benefit from
what the school offers as setout in the Aims of the School.
The Governors acknowledge their responsibilities under current
legislation.
DEFINITION
Children have special educational needs if they have a learning
difficultywhich calls for special educational provision to be made
for them. (Education
Act, 1996, Section 312)
AIMS
The aims of this policy are to:
identify, assess and monitor pupils who have special
educationalneeds at any time during their school career
establish and deliver intervention and support programmes
promote the greatest degree of partnership between parents,
children,the school and other agencies.
MANAGEMENT
The Learning Support Co-ordinator, who is designated as the
School SpecialNeeds Co-ordinator(SENCO) under the Education Act
1993, will beresponsible to the Assistant Head for:
developing and maintaining procedures for the
identification,
assessment and monitoring of pupils with special educational
needs incontext of the schools policies on assessment and
recording
organising learning support programmes for individual pupils
advising curriculum team leaders and liaising with individual
teacherson the development and delivery of subject specific
programmes.
providing information and guidance on in service training for
staff inrelation to special educational needs.
Subject Leaders will be responsible for ensuring that schemes of
work andteaching methods make provision for children with special
educational needs.
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Individual teachers will be responsible for recognising and
responding tochildren with special educational needs in their
classroom practice and inpastoral relationships.
All staff are responsible for implementing the school policy for
children withspecial educational needs.
ENTITLEMENT
In common with all children in the school, pupils with special
educationalneeds should have access to a balanced and broadly based
curriculum(including the National Curriculum) and to the full range
of activities organisedby the school.
To this end the school will actively support the LEA policy to
promote theinclusion and access of pupils with special educational
needs and maintainlinks with other schools, including special
schools.
Provision will be made for the transition of pupils with special
educationalneeds between schools and between school and the next
stage in educationor life.
The school will prepare information during KS3 and KS4 on pupils
with specialeducational needs for presentation to examining bodies
to enable specialarrangements to be made to ensure that they have
the opportunity todemonstrate their attainments.
Parents of children with special educational needs will be
actively encouragedto work in partnership with the school to the
benefit of the pupils.
EXTERNAL AGENCIES
In implementing this policy the school will:
work within the framework of the Richmond LEA policy on
SpecialEducational Needs
seek advice and support from the LEA Access and Inclusion
Divisionas appropriate to the needs of the pupils at Christs
School
maintain links with child health services, social services
andeducational welfare and voluntary organisations which work on
behalfof children with special educational needs.
RESOURCES
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Within the overall budget, the governors will give due priority
to the provisionof adequate staffing and material resources to meet
the special educationalneeds of pupils. Consideration will be given
to the purchase of supportservices as necessary to meet the needs
of the pupils and with regard to theguidance in the Special
Educational Needs - Code of Practice (2001).
EVALUATION
In consultation with the Learning Support Co-ordinator and other
staff, theAssistant Head will be responsible for preparing an
annual evaluation of theworking of this policy by 31 May for
consultation by the Senior ManagementTeam and to form the basis of
any report to the Governors by theHeadteacher.
REVIEW
This policy shall be subject to review by the Governors every
two years orsooner if circumstances require.
