We ensure that all students with special educational needs are provided for/ to the best of the school’s ability with the funds available.
We have a team of teaching assistants and part of their responsibility is to deliver programmes designed to meet individual or groups of student's needs.
The budget is allocated on a need(s) basis. The students who have the most complex needs are given the most support and available resources. The budget is allocated according to:
- Devolved SEN funding from the Local Authority with additional top-up funding allocated to individual students with an EHC Plan or statement
- Governor / Principal guidelines
- Governor agreement through the finance committee
Our decision-making process when matching support to need is:
- Formal assessment / testing process
- Information provided from primary feeder schools
- Cost-effectiveness of support
- Referrals from professionals or recommendations