The specific objectives of our Information Report/SEND policy are as follows:

• to identify pupils with special educational needs and disabilities and ensure that their needs are met
• to ensure that children with special educational needs and disabilities join in with all the activities of the school
• to ensure that all learners make the best possible progress
• to ensure parents are informed of their child’s special needs and provision and that there is effective communication between parents and school
• to ensure that learners express their views and are fully involved in decisions which affect their education
• to promote effective partnership and involve outside agencies when appropriate.

The Governing Body will ensure that it makes appropriate special educational provision for all pupils identified as in need of it. The Governing Body will review subject leader’s reviews in the school self-evaluation reports to ensure successful implementation of the school’s policies including the SEN Information Report/policy.

The School’s Information Report will be reviewed annually in response to adjustments made to the Local Authority’s Local Offer and following analysis and assessment of the needs of children attending the school. Effectiveness of the provision provided for children will be made using data analysis and provision mapping. An annual update report for parents will be accessed via the school website.

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Types of SEN, disability and medical needs

The Code of Practice 2014 states that:

‘A pupil has SEN where their learning difficulty or disability calls for special educational provision, namely provision different from or additional to that normally available to pupils of the same age.’

The Four broad areas of need identified within the SEN Code of Practice 2014 are:

• Communication and Interaction (e.g. speech articulation, stammering, speech and language delay, autism etc)
• Cognition and Learning (e.g. global learning difficulties, dyslexia, dyscalculia etc)
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (e.g. anxiety, depression, eating disorders, obsessive, compulsive disorder (OCD) etc)
• Sensory and Physical Needs (Visual impairment, hearing impairment, sensory needs (e.g. autism), toileting issues, physical disability etc
• Friars Primary school is committed to using its best endeavours to meet the SEND needs of all children who attend the school.

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Friars Aims

We firmly believe that learning begins by giving all children a sense of who they are and where they belong in the world. We aim to encourage respect for other people’s viewpoints and ways of life, allowing children to develop the ability to understand right and wrong and to work out appropriate ways of handling different situations.

This means that we not only seek to inspire children to the highest academic achievement, but that we also nurture their personal, social, moral, spiritual and cultural development. As well as giving children a broad-based and full curriculum, therefore, we ensure that they have the chance to enjoy a wide range of activities and experiences that will enhance their learning and meet their broader needs.

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Our Values

Friars has an agreed set of values that we all believe in. They are:

1. Compassion

2. Resilience

3. Responsibility

4. Respect

5. Endeavour

6. Creativity