SEN Information Report

All maintained schools, academies and maintained nursery schools must publish information on their websites about the implementation of their policy for pupils with SEND.

The information published should be updated annually and any changes to the information occurring during the year should be updated as soon as possible. To demonstrate that this requirement is being met it is important to date your Information Report to demonstrate when it was last reviewed.

The SEN information report must include information about:

• the kinds of SEN that are provided for;
• policies for identifying children and young people with SEN and assessing their needs, including the name and contact details of the SENCO;
• arrangements for consulting parents of children with SEN and involving them in their child’s education;
• arrangements for consulting young people with SEN and involving them in their education;
• arrangements for assessing and reviewing children and young people’s progress towards outcomes. This should include the opportunities available to work with parents and young people as part of this assessment and review;
• arrangements for supporting children and young people in moving between phases of education and in preparing for adulthood. As young people prepare for adulthood outcomes should reflect their ambitions, which could include higher education, employment, independent living and participation in society;
• the approach to teaching children and young people with SEN;
• how adaptations are made to the curriculum and the learning environment of children and young people with SEN;
• the expertise and training of staff to support children and young people with SEN, including how specialist expertise will be secured;
• evaluating the effectiveness of the provision made for children and young people with SEN;
• how children and young people with SEN are enabled to engage in activities available with children and young people in the school who do not have SEN;
• support for improving emotional and social development. This should include extra pastoral support arrangements for listening to the views of children and young people with SEN and measures to prevent bullying;
• how the school involves other bodies, including health and social care, local authority support services and voluntary sector organisations, in meeting children and young people’s SEN and supporting their families;
• arrangements for handling complaints from parents of children with SEN about the provision made at the school.
• It should also give details of the school’s contribution to the Local Offer and must include information on where the local authority’s Local Offer is published

The Hull City Local Offer Website can be found here: http://hull.mylocaloffer.org

It is good practice to have a link to this from your school website. Please ensure your link is up to date.

The SEND Code of Practice also states “Schools should ensure that the information is easily accessible by young people and parents and is set out in clear, straightforward language.” This may mean that alternative means of sharing the information are used to support written documentation such as video or photographs.