Our SEND coordinator is Miss M.Wright
Miss Wright can be contacted on 01785 334955 or by email at office.cas@cflptrust.co.uk
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What does the term Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) mean?
A child or young person has SEND if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for them. A child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty or disability if they:
- have significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age;
- or have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in mainstream schools.
Definition taken from the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice: for 0-25 years (2014).
What are the SEND Areas of Need?
The 2014 SEND Code of Practice (reviewed January 2015) outlines four broad areas of special educational need that include a range of difficulties and conditions:
- Communication and Interaction Needs
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs
- Cognition and Learning Difficulties
- Sensory and/or Physical Needs
While many children and young people have difficulties that fit clearly into one of these areas, some have needs that span two or more areas. For others, the precise nature of their need may not be clear at the outset. Please see the details listed on the diagram below to identify which special needs are listed under which broad area of need.
What is SEND provision?
Special educational provision is
educational or training provision that
is additional to or different from that
made generally for others of the same
age, i.e. provision that goes beyond the
differentiated approaches and learning
arrangements normally provided as part
of high-quality, personalised teaching.
Quick guide to the SEND Code of Practice:
For further information regarding the Staffordshire local offer please click on the link Staffordshire Connects | Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Local Offer