A child or young person has Special Educational Needs if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for them.

A child has a learning difficulty if he/she has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age or has a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age.

A special educational provision is an educational or training provision that is additional to or different from that made generally for others.

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) is split into 4 broad areas:

• Communication and Interaction
• Social, emotional and mental health difficulties
• Sensory and physical needs
• Cognition and learning

To ensure greatest success, access and opportunity for pupils with SEND we:

• Have a highly skilled inclusion team
• Are committed to continuous professional development and update and undertake new training regularly
• Deliver a range of high quality interventions/strategies
• Work closely with a range of external professionals

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