Cheddar Valley Schools Cheddar Valley SENCOs and contact details The Cheddar Valley Schools Information for families First School recognise the benefits of working Lorna Richardson 01934 732391 together to develop systems for sch.018@educ..gov.uk meeting students’ needs. We are Cheddar First School New Special Educational working together to make Maggie Wilson 01934 742546 Needs Code 2014 transitions between schools and office@che`ddar.somerset.sch.uk sharing information easier. You will Draycott & Rodney Stoke First School notice on each school’s website Joanne Dodd 01934 742052 [email protected] Cheddar Valley (from September) a new page that sets out the school’s ‘offer’ relating East Brent First School Nicola Hare 01278 760490 to SEN support. Many aspects will [email protected] be common to all schools, but Lympsham First School there will be differences because of Katie Turner 01934 750473 the age of students and the [email protected] particular schools’ circumstances. Mark First School The Cheddar Valley Schools’ offers Carolyn Brierley 01278 641262 then feed into a much more [email protected] general document created by the First School local authority called the ‘Local Joanne Dodd 01934 843485 [email protected] Offer ‘ Link. Cheddar Valley Schools Weare First School Academy Caroline Burgess 01934 732270 We will inform you regarding [email protected] Axbridge First School Academy specific changes that affect your Cheddar First School First School Academy child at the earliest opportunity in Draycott & Rodney Stoke First School Claire Tratt 01934 712643 East Brent First School September. Thank you for your [email protected] Lympsham First School support whilst we implement the Fairlands Middle School Mark First School Government’s new ideas. Victoria Daintree 01934 743186 Shipham First School [email protected] Weare First School Academy Wedmore First School Academy If you feel you would like more Hugh Sexey Middle School Fairlands Middle School Jay Goodwin 01934 712211 information regarding the changes, Hugh Sexey Middle School [email protected] please contact your school’s SENCo: Kings of Wessex Academy Kings of Wessex Academy Eleanor Roylance 01934 742608 [email protected]

Special Educational Needs Definition of SEN and the SEN Support Code (SEN) 2014 Highlighted Needs Register A smaller number of students will The Government has introduced The Government’s definition of SEN remain on the SEN register and all SEN reforms to schools that come in the new SEN Code of Practice is: these students will now be into effect in September 2014 ‘A child has SEN if they have a referred to as requiring ‘SEN (Children and Families Bill). The learning difficulty or disability support’. The interventions to reforms aim to streamline support which calls for ‘special educational meet their needs will be more for children and young people provision’ to be made for them and specialised and will require the aged 0-25 and focus on delivering they have significantly greater advice and supervision of the positive outcomes for them. difficulty in learning than the school’s Special Educational majority of others of the same age.’ Needs Coordinator (SENCo). The You will notice some changes progress they make on these which will include the terms used As a result you may find that interventions and in their to refer to children with special students who were previously education as a whole will be needs and also to some of the classed on the school’s SEN register reviewed termly with parents. records that are kept in schools. as having ‘Special Educational Needs’ will now be referred to by Schools in the Cheddar Valley are Cheddar Valley Schools as being on committed to supporting the Education, Health and Care the Highlighted Needs Register. progress of all students and to They may still take part in Plans working in partnership with additional interventions, but these families. may not be ‘special educational Some students with very complex provision’. If this is the case for needs will have Education Health your child, please be reassured that and Care Plans. This is the term staff will still be required to ensure for the documents that will that lessons meet their needs and replace statements. The that effective ‘personalised’ government hopes to encourage provision is made for them. This is Health, Social Care and Local called ‘Quality First Teaching’ and is Authority agencies to work the most effective way for the vast together to meet the needs of majority of students to access their these students. More information learning. regarding these arrangements can be found on