High Aspirations and Expectations for Children with SEN
All schools have a duty to provide support to children and young people with SEN, whether or not they have an EHC plan.
Broad and Balanced Curriculum
All pupils should have access to a broad and balanced curriculum. In many cases, your child with SEN and disabilities will be able to study the full curriculum.
Reasonable Adjustments
If your child has SEN and disabilities, the school must make reasonable adjustments to prevent them being put at a substantial disadvantage. Schools also have wider duties to prevent discrimination, to promote equality of opportunity and to foster good relations.
Special Education Needs Coordinator (SENCO)
There should be a member of the school’s governing body with specific oversight of the school’s arrangements for SEN and disability. The SENCO has day-to-day responsibility for the operation of SEN policy and coordination of specific provision made to support individual pupils with SEN.
SEN Information Report
Maintained schools and academies must prepare an SEN information report and their arrangements for the admission of disabled children, the steps being taken to prevent disabled children from being treated less favourably than others.
Careers Guidance
Maintained schools and Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) must ensure that pupils from Year 8 until Year 13 are provided with independent careers guidance, the aim being to raise aspirations and encourage possibilities for young people including those with SEN for now and in the future. Academies are subject to this duty through their funding agreements.
Local Specialist Careers Advisors can meet with you in school to discuss your next steps and help you make informed choices. They can provide insights into all the different routes including apprenticeships, traineeships, supported internships, future employment or plans for further and higher education (according to your needs and/or academic abilities).
In the Local Authority there is a team of Specialist SEN Careers Advisers who work with young people from yr 9 – 25 years with EHC plans. You can meet with one of the Advisors in your school or college for information, advice and guidance.