SEND
Useful Information for Parents
The Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice for 0 – 25 years (2014) states that:
A child or young person has Special Educational Needs (SEND) if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for them. A child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty or disability if they:
a) have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age; or
b) have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in mainstream schools or mainstream post-16 institutions
The SEND section of this website contains information about SEND and some of the many ways in which we seek to fulfil our responsibilities to those children who may need support during their time with us.
Pickhurst SEND Information
Click on the following links to view our:
Admissions
Children with a full statement of Special Educational Needs (SEND) or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) are dealt with under a separate process by the Special Educational Needs team. The published admission number of all Bromley academies is inclusive of students with a statement of special educational needs or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) that are admitted to the Academy pursuant of the school being named in their statement or EHCP plan.
Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)
Please click here for support and guidance on ESBA.
Bromley Information, Advice and Supportive Service
Bromley IASS provides free, impartial and confidential information and advice about special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Click through to their site here.
Admissions
Children with a full statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC) are dealt with under a separate process by the Special Educational Needs team. The published admission number of all Bromley academies is inclusive of students with a statement of special educational needs or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC) that are admitted to the Academy pursuant of the school being named in their statement or EHC plan.
Useful Links
The Alliance for Inclusive Education charity campaigns for all disabled learners to have the right to access and be supported in mainstream education.
Click here to visit the Alliance for Inclusive Education website.
Bag Books provides multi-sensory books and storytelling for people with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities. Our stories are told through voice and emotion rather than words and pictures.
Click here to visit the Bag Books website.
AbilityNet. Adapting Technology. Changing Lives.
Click here to visit the AbilityNet website.
Family Lives is an independent national charity who offer free and confidential group and individual face-to-face or telephone support to help make family life less stressful! Parents can phone 01707 630105 or email louisev@familylives.org.uk for more information or to book a place on a parenting group.
Click here to visit the Family Lives website.
Looking for information on disability and children’s books? Bookmark is for you – with book recommendations for children which is useful for discussing disability and inclusive issues with young readers.
Click here to visit the Book Trust website.
