Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Offord Primary School aims to provide an inclusive, happy, stimulating and challenging environment where everyone’s potential is valued, enabling them to become confident members of the wider community with respect for themselves and others. Our SENDCo is Mrs Hannah Mooring. She can be contacted via the school office office@offordprimaryschool.org

We are committed to providing equal opportunities, high quality education and care for all children in school, so they can reach their full potential. We strive to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and develop an environment where all children flourish and feel safe.

This report, which can be downloaded from the panel on this page, outlines how Offord Primary School supports children with SEND.

All schools must adhere to the SEND Code of Practice, 2014 (updated 2015) Which can be found here. The document guides all our practice and policies on how we meet the needs of children with SEND.

The Cam Academy Trust’s SEND framework can be found here

To access Cambridgeshire’s Local Offer please click here. This will show you what support is available in Cambridgeshire for parents or carers of children with a Special Educational Need or Disability.

Please click here to find Cambridgeshire’s Guidance document which highlights the changes being made to the identification of SEN and what happens if your child has a Special Educational Need or Disability.

Our accessibility plan is currently under review and will be published as soon as it's been finalised and ratified by our governors.

Medical Needs

For students with medical needs, we follow Government guidelines, details of which are available by clicking here

Your first contact for medical needs is Mrs Sarah Brown via the school office office@offordprimaryschool.org

Useful Links

The Avenue
www.theavenuesupport.co.uk

British Dyslexia Association
www.bdadyslexia.org.uk

National Autistic Society
www.autism.org.uk

British Deaf Association
www.bda.org.uk

Disability Alliance
www.help4me.info

Disability Living Fund
www.dlf.org.uk

Down Syndrome Association
www.downs-syndrome.org.uk

Citizens Advice Bureau
www.adviceguide.org.uk

Epilepsy
www.epilepsysociety.org.uk

Children’s communication charity
www.ican.org.uk

Pinpoint – Parent support
http://www.pinpoint-cambs.org.uk/

Council for Disabled Children
http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/

Eddies (formerly Cambridgeshire Mencap)
http://www.eddies.org.uk/

Contact a Family
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/

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