Special Educational Needs (SEN) and/or Disabilities (D) & Inclusion
We are an inclusive school and aim to meet the needs of all our children. We are dedicated to offering an inclusive curriculum to ensure the best possible progress for all of our pupils whatever their needs or abilities. Our aspirational aims for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are the same as those for all children in the school. We value the views and opinions of parents and pupils and seek to work in partnership with all those who are involved with securing the best outcomes for our pupils. We therefore seek to provide opportunities for the views, wishes and feelings of the child and their parents to be taken into account, and for them to be involved with decision making regarding their child whenever possible.
What are special educational needs?
If your child has more difficulties than most children their age with aspects of their learning, communication or behaviour, they are likely to benefit from additional support in school which will enable them to access the curriculum at their level.
Within school, this means that they may be identified on the school's special educational needs register so that provision to meet their needs can be planned for. As children progress, they may be taken off of the register at a future point when their needs no longer require significant, additional support.
What is a disability?
A person has a disability if he or she has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term adverse affect on his or her ability to carry out normal, day to day activities.
Children with a disability have special educational needs if they have any difficulty in accessing education and if they need any special educational provision to be made for them, that is anything that is additional to or different from what is normally available in school.
The Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo)
All mainstream schools must appoint a designated teacher; the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo), who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the school's SEND policy. The SENCo will co-ordinate provision for pupils with SEND and liaise with parents, staff and external agencies. The named, qualified SENCo for The Federation of Thomas Wall Nursery and Robin Hood Infants’ school is Mr Joseph. Please contact Mr Joseph via the school office.
The London Borough of Sutton has published a 'Local Offer' which sets out, in one place, information about provision available across education, health and social care for children and young people in Sutton who have special educational needs or are disabled.
Sutton's Local Offer vision: ""We are collectively ambitious for our children and young people. Together we want to provide them with the best chances to achieve their best outcomes in life, whatever their starting point, and to prepare them effectively for adulthood."
We are collectively ambitious for our children and young people. Together we want to provide them with the best chances to achieve their best outcomes in life, whatever their starting point, and to prepare them effectively for adulthood.
The Sutton Charter provides a framework for shared values and attitudes across the local area. The charter has been consulted upon with schools, services, parents/carers and representative parent/carer organisations. The Charter will be used as one of the benchmarks to measure the success of the local SEND offer, gathering feedback against the areas shown below and reporting this to the relevant overseeing bodies.
developing and nurturing each of these to build
Welcome and Care
We will welcome the child or young person and show that we care by:
Value and Include
We will all work together to support the child or young person to make the most of their educational experiences by:
Communicate
We will communicate openly, clearly and honestly by:
Work in Partnership
We will work in partnership across families and professionals to help us all be ambitious for our children and young people by: