What is the SEN Information Report?
The School SEN Information Report is a document produced by school and reviewed annually by the SENDCo with parents. It is co-produced with staff (including the Head Teacher), the SEND Governor and children's views are also taken into account. This collaborative document provides information to questions parents may ask about the school in terms of identifying needs, raising concerns, parental involvement and how the school can support and provide for a child with SEND. It also includes questions a child with SEND may ask about how they will be supported in their learning and other information they may want to know.
Following changes in education for SEND in September 2014, the SEN Information Report is a government requirement for all schools to do. The Local Education Authority (Somerset County Council) is also required to produce their own Local Offer for parents, which links to individual schools. This will provide information on what services are available within Somerset and what support they offer.
Please find below our SEN Information Report (brief leaflet and detailed version) and a link to Somerset's Local Offer:
Leaflet Summary of the Information Report
Detailed West Pennard SEN Information Report
Click here for Somerset's (LEA) Local Offer.
Please note that you can give feedback on the Local Offer website via the 'feedback' tab at the side of the screen. Maybe there is something you can't find and want to know more about?
Somerset's Graduated Approach
Somerset’s Graduated Response Tool now replaces the Somerset Core Standards. This has been co-produced with stakeholders from education, health, social care, parent carers and support service teams.
Somerset’s Graduated Response Tool sets out the barriers to learning that children and young people may have and the strategies and provision that could be in place to support them.
Somerset’s Graduated Response Tool has been created to support all users to understand the Graduated Response to Special Educational Needs in the context of current legislation. The document makes it clear ‘what to expect’ in terms of what is provided and is written for parent carers, children and young people, school staff and those who provide services to families.
The tool sets out the provision that is ordinarily available in Somerset schools at both the Universal and Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support levels. All children and young people (CYP) attending a mainstream school have an entitlement to access a minimum provision. The purpose of this document is to ensure every CYP in a Somerset school receives the support they are entitled to. Most CYP in Somerset will have their needs met within Universal support through high quality teaching. Some CYP will require or need Special Educational Need (SEN) support at SEN Support level in addition to Universal support. This document sets out the ordinarily available provision in Somerset schools at both the Universal and SEN Support levels. (Code of Practice, Chapter 6).
