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Supporting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)

Policy statement

The Wonder Years is committed to providing an inclusive, welcoming, happy, stimulating, secure and safe environment for all our children. All children have the right to be cared for and supported to develop to their full potential alongside each other, through sharing positive experiences and learning from each other.  We provide first hand experiences, exploration and discovery through play where all individuals’ abilities are recognised and celebrated.

We have high aspirations and expectations for all children and focus on the whole child to enable all children to fulfil their full potential.  This approach is strengthened through working in partnership with parents/carers and outside agencies where appropriate.

In order to understand our SEND policy in full, this document should be used in conjunction with the setting’s other policies and procedures. In particular, please refer to:

Procedures

Definition of a child with Special Educational Needs and Disability

A child has special educational needs if they have a learning difficulty, which calls for special educational provision to be made for them.

A child has a learning difficulty if they:

Have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age.

Or

Have a disability, which prevents or hinders the child from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for children of the same age in schools within the area of the local education authority.

Or

Are under five and falls within either of the two definitions above or would do so if special educational provision was not made for the child.

A child must not be regarded as having a learning difficulty solely because the language or medium of communication of the home is different from the language in which he or she is or will be taught.

Special educational provision means:

For a child of two years or over, educational provision which is additional to, or otherwise different from, the educational provision made generally for children of the child’s age in maintained schools, other than special schools, in the area.

For a child under two, educational provision of any kind.

(Education Act 1996, Section 312)

Aims

Objectives

Beliefs and attitudes regarding equal opportunities

The Wonder Years is committed to taking positive and proactive steps to ensure that we provide a safe and caring environment.  This is free from prejudice and discrimination ensuring every child has the right to develop and grow, play and learn in our society.

The Wonder Years has a designated and named SEND Coordinator

Name of the person with responsibilities for SEND/Inclusion:

The name of our SEND Coordinator (SENDco) is: Grace Marshall

The name of our Inclusion Coordinator (INCO) is: Michelle French

The SEND Coordinator (SENDco) will: