SEND Register
The SEND Register
If felt that the learner needs targeted provision or additional support which is over and above what is usually provided for most learners, with caregiver’s agreement they will then move on from the graduated approach and be entered on to the SEND register. At this point formal assessment takes place to allow the teacher to be able to formulate expected outcomes and to plan the most suitable provision and interventions needed to enable the learner to make progress. Learners on the SEND register will require for their primary needs to be identified. It is good practice to record additional secondary needs as this will give a holistic view of the learner and their needs. Caregivers must be notified if learners are receiving special educational provision and are added to the SEN register. As good practice, Schools should have a SEN registration form that they use to gather consent. Where it is decided that a pupil does have SEN, the decision should be recorded in the school records and the pupil’s parents must be formally informed that special educational provision is being made. Children can be removed from the register at any time. Schools will be asked to complete a census twice a year, one of which will ask for school to identify the needs of the child using the 12 categories. For each child on the SEND register, school will receive SEND notional funding. This is not ringfenced for the child but is for school to decide how they will use this funding usually it is to allow for teaching assistants, resources, interventions etc. Schools are expected to provide the first £6000 of any SEND support for a child.
SEND Register Status
Only the SENDCo should have the access rights to change the SEN status of a learner. This should be done following review meetings so that the register is always up to date.
- E – Education, Health, and Care Plan
- K – SEN Support
- N – no SEN (this should be used for the first census after a child has been taken off the register.