Consultation with Children and Young People with SEND
Teachers/SENCO and Support Staff will work with children and young people to identify the support needed to meet agreed outcomes. The provision is planned and interventions are allocated to individual needs. The children take an active role with setting their outcomes and discussing them with the class teacher/SENCO. The children have regular meetings with staff to discuss their progress and support.
All children with SEND are involved in the graduated approach of monitoring and assessing SEND. Where able, their voice is included in their SEN support plans. Children with an EHCP are included in the initial application through the use of the ‘My Story’ document and children are included as part of the review process of their EHCP.
Consultation with parents and carers of children and young people with SEND
We are committed to working with parents and carers to identify their child’s needs and support. Parents and carers will be involved throughout the process.
There is a range of ways this can be done, for example:
- Termly parents/ carers evenings;
- Ongoing discussions with a class teacher and/or SENCO;
- An ‘open-door’ policy, where parents and carers are welcome to come into school to discuss any concerns they may have;
- Through regular reviews of their child’s SEN Support Plan/ EHC Plan.
At Etherley Lane, we have termly SEND appointments with parents to discuss and review children’s provision and support plans. These are in addition to the parents’ consultation evenings that take place for all children. The SENCo also has half-termly ‘drop-in’ sessions where any parent/carer can come in to speak about any concerns they may have about their child.
