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. Academies are subject to this duty through their funding agreements.