Additional Rights (S.E.N.D.)

Beddington Infants’ school has historically had outstanding outcomes for the children who have attended the school. All stakeholders are constantly evaluating the provision to provide for the children additional opportunities to develop the whole child. This school is committed to Inclusion.

“We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity life would be very boring.”

— Catherine Pulsifer

SEND (Formerly Special Educational Needs and Disabilities).

We support all children to leave Beddington Infants’ School with the Seven Gifts and know that additional needs should not be a barrier to achieving this.

At Beddington Infants’ School, we believe children have Additional Rights, not Special Needs.

The Governing Body and staff of Beddington Infants’ School recognise that we all have a responsibility to ensure the additional needs and disabilities of all children are met.

We aim to identify and assess children with Special Rights as early as possible, and to use our own resources and the services of outside agencies as appropriate to effectively support children’s recognised needs.

The following is Beddington Infants’ Schools approach to identifying children with Additional Rights (SEN).

Assess:

Child is experiencing difficulty (academic, emotional social, speech language communication) or concerns raised by staff or parents/carers.
Discuss with year leader and SENCo (as necessary). Decide whether a parent consultation is required.
Decide on next steps. (This conversation is minuted as a teach meet).
Agree any referrals to external professionals.
Decide on a review date.

Plan:

Begin the process of making adequate provision for the child, then start the referral form in yellow folder, detailing changes to provision.

Do:

Follow action plan until…

Review:

Meet again with SENCo and year leader and decide on next steps.
If all agree that an IEP is needed, parents must be informed of reason for that decision.
Children will only be added to the SEN register as agreed by SENCo and parents.
Adequate evidence must be provided to support their change in status (observations, assessments, diagnosis).