SEND

Welcome to our Special Educational Need and Disability (SEND) page. We hope you will enjoy reading about the variety of ways in which our academy is able to support SEND pupils to reach their full potential.

Our SENCO is Mrs N Meakin and can be contacted via email office@stjohnskidsgrove.org.uk

Please visit our School Information Report to find out what our school has to offer:

https://apps2.staffordshire.gov.uk/SCC/SchoolDetails/sendetails.aspx?SchoolID=140146

Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1530/contents/made

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014

These Regulations supplement the procedural framework assessing a child or young person with special educational needs, and the procedure for making, reviewing, amending and ceasing to maintain an EHC plan, set out in Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 (“the Act”). They require local authorities to notify the child’s parent or the young person of decisions within certain timescales, as well as notifying them of any right to appeal such decision. (regulations 3 to 31).

www.legislation.gov.uk

Asthma Information

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Please see our SEND Report and SEND Policy below.

What is the SEND Local Offer?

Local authorities, schools and other services will set out a local offer of all services available to support children who are disabled or who have Special Educational Needs and their families. The local offer will enable families to understand what services they can access and what support they can expect from a range of local agencies, including from the local authority, health services, schools, leisure services and the voluntary sector. The offer will include provision from birth to 25, across education, health and social care.

What will it do?

The Local Offer will provide parents/carers with information about how to access services in their area, and what they can expect from those services. With regard to Education, it will let parents/ carers and young people know how school and colleges will support them, and what they can expect across the local settings. During the last year, the Local Offer Steering Group has developed questions for schools, and trailed them with a small number of settings.

There are 18 questions, devised in consultation with parents/carers and other agencies, which reflect their concerns and interests. These will be answered by agencies, schools and colleges to provide information to parents and carers to enable them to make decisions about how to best support their child’s needs.

Results of our Pupil Voice Questionnaire

Here are the results from our 2024-25 pupil voice questionnaire. It was great to see such positive comments from the children. Please see the document below.

Please see our Local Offer below:

Local Offer: Staffordshire (signed) – YouTube
https://www.staffordshireconnects.info/kb5/staffordshire/directory/localoffer.page?localofferchannel=0 Staffordshire family partnership
https://www.staffs-iass.org/home.aspx

SEND Websites

Below is a glossary of the most common SEN terms.

ADD	Attention Deficit Disorder	LAC	Looked After Child
ADHD	Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorder	LEA	Local Education Authority
ASD	Autistic Spectrum Disorder	LM	Learning Mentor
CAF	Common Assessment Framework	MLD	Moderate Learning Difficulty
CAMHS	Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service	MSI	Multi-sensory impairment
COP	Code of Practice	OT	Occupational Therapist
CP	Child Protection	PD	Physical disability
DCD	Developmental Co-ordination Disorder	PMLD	Profound and multiple learning difficulties
EAL	English as an Additional Language	SEN	Special Educational Needs
EP	Educational Psychologist	SEND	Special Educational Needs & Disability
FSM	Free School Meals	SENCo	Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator
FLO	Family Liaison Officer	SLCN	Speech, Language, Communication Needs
HI	Hearing Impairment	SLD	Severe learning difficulties
IEP	Individual Education Plan	SpLD	Specific Learning Difficulty
		VI	Visual Impairment