SEND
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) at Beaufort Primary School
At Beaufort Primary School, we follow a graduated approach to SEND, to ensure early identification of needs and provide a continuum of support for pupils with SEND in order to enable them to make progress. Our school’s Special Educational Needs and Disability Policy details the purpose, nature and management of Special Educational Needs and Disability within our school.
Definition of Special Educational Needs and Disability
The Special Education Needs and Disability Code of Practice (2015) states that a child or young person (CYP) has a special educational need or disability 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:
- a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age, or
- 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.
The Local Offer
Derby City Council’s SEND Local Offer is an online one stop shop for parents/carers and young people to find out about all the services and support on offer to children and young people from birth to 25 years who have Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) in the city. Derby City Council, along with all other local authorities, are required to publish information about services they expect to be available in their area. Derby City’s Local Offer is available here: www.derby.gov.uk/sendlocaloffer.
Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Report
Schools utilise the Local Authority offer to meet the needs of pupils with SEND as determined by the school’s policy and provision. Schools refer to this as the Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Report.
Contacting the school about SEND
You can contact the school by telephone on 01332 347275.
Assistant Head Teacher/SENDCo – Helen Hutchison: senco@beaufort.odysseyct.org.uk
Head Teacher – Mrs Beecroft: k.beecroft@beaufort.odysseyct.org.uk
