Glossary of SEND acronyms and terms
Helping you understand the meaning of acronyms and terms frequently used in relation to Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) in Torbay. Glossary of SEND acronyms and ...
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August 25, 2023
Helping you understand the meaning of acronyms and terms frequently used in relation to Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) in Torbay. Glossary of SEND acronyms and ...
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February 6, 2025
The progress of all groups of children has been a prominent issue for all schools since the introduction of the 2012 Ofsted inspection framework. Parents ...
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December 28, 2024
Section 20 of the Children and Families Act 2014 explains that a child or young person aged from 0 to 25 years old is said to ...
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January 23, 2025
SEND Support is the term used for extra and different support to meet the needs of children and young people with identified Special Educational Needs ...
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August 25, 2023
The Local Authority receive money from central government each year to fund schools. This is called the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). The DSG is split ...
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December 28, 2024
All educational establishments (nurseries and pre-schools, schools and colleges) must have arrangements in place to identify SEND. The SEND Code of Practice 2015 states, All ...
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February 6, 2025
Individualised Education Plans should measure progress towards short term outcomes, and these should be reviewed on at least a termly basis. If a student is ...
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The SEND Code of Practice categorises SEND into 4 areas of need: Cognition and Learning SpLD – Specific learning Difficulty – difficulty that affect one or more specific aspects of learning. ...
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What is a Section 23 notification? Health professionals have a duty to tell the local authority if they believe a child under school age has, ...
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December 28, 2024
The SEND Code of Practice says mainstream schools must: use their best endeavours to make sure that a child with SEN gets the support they ...
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