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A Brief Introduction to the SEND Code of Practice, 2014
What you need to know now
Information
for
parents, mainstream
teachers and school staffSlide2
Why Change?
SEND
education
has
changed society for the better since Warnock
(1978)
and education
is more inclusive. T
here
are things that need to be done now to move
forward and be even better
Previous SEN
Code of Practice-
last revised
2001; inclusive practice has moved
on significantly
It has been suggested that under current system:-
a) Family
voice lost
b) No
extension beyond 16
c) Wider
agencies such as health and social care are
not fully involved at a statutory
level with children with multiple vulnerabilities. This needs to change
Slide3
The information
in brief…
There is still lots of fine detail
being worked out at a government and Local Authority level
Brighton & Hove will be launching a city-wide approach soon- important we all do the same
thing so students moving between schools have an agreed and similar experience
This will be a transition year as systems switch for students at SA & SA+
Statements will be changed between now and 2018 into EHCP’s (Education, Health &
C
are Plans
). This will be done in bits with transition aged children likely to be first (
Yr
6 into 7,
Yr
11 into college
etc
)
Full details (should you wish to look at them) can
be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25Slide4
Specific changes of philosphy
…
All current names for categories of SEN will change.
Statements tended to be ‘for’ a specific need such as ASC or dyslexia. Whilst
children will still be diagnosed with things like
SpLD
, MLD, VI
etc
the
category
will no longer define their
SEND or their provision
The ‘old’ definitions were felt to be too restrictive plus only certain ‘named needs’ attracted specific high
level financial support. Provision and support should link
to the breadth and depth of a need’s
impact
- it is important this changes
Moving forward, there will only be 4 categories of SEND:-
1. Communication & Interaction
2. Cognition & Learning
3. Social, Mental & Emotional Health (please note behaviour is no longer an SEND)
4. Sensory and/or
physicalSlide5
What about besd?
Behaviour is no longer recognised as a learning need, merely as a symptom of other needs
.
Therefore
no child should be on the register for behaviour alone- the ‘social, emotional and mental health’ strand will cover
some
of
this
There is a new duty to work out the communication behind behaviours; so for some students, their needs may be better determined to fit one of the other categories
Mental health is
for the first time
acknowledged as a significant and educationally impactful need- this is soundly welcomed and there will be
new statutory
duties on health (CAMHS) to engage with/advise education
.
There will need to be some changes for this all to work and this will take time and coordination between agencies.Slide6
Main Expected national Changes…
Faster National SEND
diagnosis and response
time.
Knowledge of staff needs to deepen- teachers as well as
SEND
professionals. This needs to be on an organisation-wide
level and will take time
Greater clarity of provision for families -and for schools with regard to wider
services
Aspirations need to continue to rise to close attainment
gaps- SEND
currently over represented in NEET
figures
Statements
gradually replaced
by EHCP (education, health & care plans) by
2018
No new statements can be applied for, only Education health and care plans
from September 2014
Current SA & SA+ categories to be
redesignated
by April 2015
Brighton & Hove are publishing a strategy early this academic year
Longhill
will be compliant and will ensure general information is communicated to parents and carers on the website
All families with a child currently on the SEND register will be sent personalised information, once B&H have communicated the changes to us
There are no plans to change any support at this time.