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Safeguarding and Welfare Requirement: Equal Opportunities

Providers must have and implement a policy, and procedures, to promote equality of opportunity for children in their care, including support for children with special educational needs or disabilities.

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BCC – The Ark Preschool and Daycare

 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

 

9.2 Supporting children with special educational needs

 

Policy statement

 

We provide an environment in which all children, including those with special educational needs (SEN), are supported to reach their full potential.

 

  • We have regard for the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice (2015).

  • We ensure our provision is inclusive to all children with special educational needs.

  • We support parents and children with special educational needs.

  • We identify the specific needs of children with special educational needs and meet those needs through a range of SEN strategies.

  • We work in partnership with parents and other agencies in meeting individual children's needs.

  • We monitor and review our policy, practice and provision and, if necessary, make adjustments.

 

Procedures

  • We designate members of staff to be the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) and give their name to parents. Our SENCO is: Lee Rogers and our SENCO support worker is Priscilla Di Biase

  • We ensure that the provision for children with special educational needs is the responsibility of all members of the setting.

  • We ensure that our inclusive admissions practice ensures equality of access and opportunity.

  • We use the graduated approach system for identifying, assessing and responding to children's special educational needs.

  • We work closely with the parents of children with special educational needs to create and maintain a positive partnership.

  • We ensure that parents are fully involved at all stages of the graduated approach system of assess, plan and review of their child's education.

  • We provide parents with information on sources of independent advice and support.

  • We liaise with other professionals involved with children with special educational needs and their families, including transitions other settings and schools.

  • We provide a broad, balanced and differentiated curriculum for all children with special educational needs.

  • We use a system of assess, plan, do and review for individual educational plans (IEPs) for children with special educational needs.

  • We ensure that children with special educational needs are appropriately involved at all stages of the graduated approach, taking into account their levels of ability.

  • We have systems in place for working with other agencies through each stage of the Common Assessment Framework (CAF), 

  • We use a system for keeping records of the Assess, Plan, Do and review for children with special educational needs.

  • We provide resources (human and financial) to implement our Supporting Children with Special Educational Needs Policy.

  • We provide in-service training for practitioners and volunteers.

  • We raise awareness of any specialism the setting has to offer, e.g. Makaton trained staff.

  • We ensure the effectiveness of our special educational needs provision by collecting information from a range of sources e.g. Individual Education Plan reviews, staff and management meetings, parental and external agency's views, inspections and complaints. This information is collated, evaluated and reviewed.

  • We provide a complaints procedure.

  • We monitor and review our policy annually.

 

Further guidance

 

  • Issues in Earlier Intervention: Identifying and Supporting Children with Additional Needs (DCSF 2014)

  • Early Years Foundation Stage and the Disability Discrimination Act (DCSF 2010)

  • The Team Around the Child (TAC) and the Lead Professional: A Guide for Managers (CWDC 2009)

  • The Common Assessment Framework for Children and Young People: A Guide for Managers (CWDC 2009)

  • Special Educational Needs Code of Practice (DfES 2015)

  • Children and family Act (DCSF 2014)

 

This policy was adopted at a meeting of BCC – The Ark Preschool & Daycare

Held on April 2024

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Date to be reviewed April 2025

 

Signed on behalf of the provider

Name of signatory: Arzu Subasi

Role of signatory (e.g. chair, director or owner):  Manager

 

Other useful Pre-school Learning Alliance publications 

 

  • SEND Code of Practice 2015 for the Early Years (2015)

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