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SEN provision in Greenwich

 
If a parent or teacher (or both) identifies a child as possibly having special educational needs. Information is collected in order to decide whether his/her difficulties need more help. The SENCO (special educational needs co-ordinator) will be involved in considering the child's needs. The SENCO might be the Headteacher in a small school, but usually it will be another teacher.

Differentiated curriculum

Greenwich schools provide for children with a range of ability and needs by offering different tasks and activities in the classroom (a differentiated curriculum). Teachers can also use a range of strategies to help children learn. For example, schools have programmes of support for children with literacy difficulties.

Children are considered to have special educational needs (SEN) when their needs are different from, or additional to, those that can be met by the differentiated curriculum and the usual range of strategies used by teachers. In these cases, the school will follow the recommendations in the government's Code of Practice and use the following SEN procedures:

School Action and School Action Plus

Schools in Greenwich follow the recommendations in the government's Code of Practice that most provision for children with SEN should be met using the School Action and School Action Plus procedures.

Statutory assessment

If a school believes that it cannot meet a child's needs, they may request a statutory assessment to be carried out.

Parent / school partnership

The government's Code of Practice on SEN emphasises the importance of parents and schools working together in the best interests of their children. Parental support and positive involvement is very important for the child's progress.

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