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Special Educational Needs Handbook

This page contains some older information and documents which are retained here in case schools are using them.

 

The Special Educational Needs Handbook is a core element of communicating how schools should meet the needs of children with Special Educational Needs and is in the process of being reviewed and updated.  The current contents is as follows and indicates the areas already revised and the areas still to be reviewed. To access the documents, please click on the relevant section heading below:

Section A

Children's Services Staffing Structure

  • Children and Young People's Plan 2006 - 2009

  • Every Child Matters

  • The Learning Difficulties and Disabilities Strategy 2008 - 2011

  • The LDD Team

Section B

  • Special Educational Needs Policy 2000 - to be revised August 2008

  • Special Educational Needs Development Plan 2000 - 2003 - to be revised from the updating of the SEN Policy

  • Funding SEN in Wokingham

  • Special Educational Needs Team

Section C

  • School Special Educational Needs Policy - to be included by the school

Section D

  • The Continuum of SEN Provision in Wokingham Schools

  • School based stages of assessment and provision

 Section E

  • Procedures for Statutory Assessments and Maintenance of Statements

  • Criteria for initiating statutory assessments

  • Guidelines for good practice in making requests for statutory assessments                

  • SEN panel terms of reference and guidance for Case Officers

  • Deciding on schools guidance

  • LAC with statements

  • Transition/Transfer of Statements

  • Annual Review Guidance for schools - revised Spring 2008

  • The Pupil Profile System - introduced autumn 2007

Section F

  • Provision
  • List of Wokingham Maintained Schools
  • Admissions arrangements for entry into special school provision
  • List of maintained resources mainstream and special schools within
  • 1 hour travelling distance
  • List of approved non-maintained special schools

  • List of approved independent special schools

Section G

  • Partnership with parents

  • The Parent Partnership Service

  • Guidance on the Statutory Assessment process for parents

  • Involving Parents in IEPs

 Section H

  • Working with other agencies, voluntary sector and support groups

Section J

  • Early Years