SEND
Our SENDCo is Mrs Rachel Tucker.
Jo Bond is our Trust SEND and Inclusion Lead.
A child or young person has SEN if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for them.
A child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty or disability if they:
- have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age; or
- have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in mainstream schools or mainstream post-16 institutions.
A child under compulsory school age has special educational needs if they fall within the definition at (a) or (b) above or would do so if special educational provision was not made for them.
Children must not be regarded as having a learning difficulty solely because the language or form of language of their home is different from the language in which they will be taught.
For easily accessible information, read our SEND Information Report.
SEN Code of Practice
From September 2014, the new SEN Code of Practice came into force. This was again updated in 2015. As a result of this some changes were made to the way schools and local authorities ensure that the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are met.
What does this mean to me?
From September 2014, all local authorities must publish in one place information about the services they expect to be available in their area for children and young people 0 – 25 who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. This is known as the local offer.
The development of a local offer is one of a number of changes to the way children and young people with SEND are supported that are part of the Children and Families Act. Schools will also publish an annual Special Educational Needs Information Report, which will outline what individual schools are able to offer in order to support children and families with SEND.
What will the local offer cover?
The local offer includes information about health and social care services, education, leisure activities and support groups in the area for children and young people aged 0 – 25 with SEND and their families.
This includes:
- services and support available
- how children and young people’s needs are identified and assessed
- the way schools, colleges and maintained nurseries support children and young people with SEND
- how to access services and how decisions are made
- preparation for adulthood and independence
- arrangements for making a complaint and mediation
- how to comment on the local offer
The Department for Education’s SEN Code of Practice and regulations outlines the range of information to be included in the local offer.
Why is the local offer important?
The local offer helps parents, carers and young people to see clearly the range of services and support that are available in their local area and understand how to access them.
All-Saint-SEND-Information-Report-September-2025.pdf
Useful link to further SEN support:
Devon Information Advice and Support (DIAS) https://www.devon.gov.uk/children-families-education/send-local-offer/