Our SEND team at Downham C of E Primary School is made up of:

Mrs Winch & Mr Poulson - SENDCos

If you would like to contact the SEND team, you can email the school using this email address:

office@downham-ceap.essex.sch.uk

Alternatively, you can contact the school office using our phone number:  01268 710387

Essex Inclusion Statement

This statement was developed by the Essex SEND Headteacher Roundtable and reflects the partnership working between school leaders from early years, primary, secondary, special schools and academies and the Local Authority in developing a school-led approach to SEND across the system.

What steps do we take to prevent children with Special Educational Needs children being treated less favourably?

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0-5 Years: Statutory Guidance identifies statutory duties placed on the school.  Whenever we take decisions relating to children with Special Educational Needs, we give consideration to the Code of Practice.

We have a duty (a moral and a statutory duty) to ensure that our pupils, your children, are not discriminated against.  Therefore, we always aim to make reasonable adjustments (which may include the use of auxiliary aids and services) to ensure that children with Special Educational Needs are not at a disadvantage compared with their peers.  This may mean that we use the expertise and advice of other services and educational specialists.  We may also use aids and personnel to support learning.  Or, we may use different learning and teaching approaches as we endeavour to meet the needs of the individual pupil. 

For children with disabilities, it is important that thought is given in advance to what the pupils may require and what adjustments might need to be made to ensure that they are given the support that they need to succeed.  Our ethos of caring and respect for all means that we aim to actively promote equality of opportunity for children with disabilities. 

Any targets are specific and measurable.  Where necessary, we work with other services to support individual needs.  However, our staff aim to ensure that arrangements are consistently in place to support pupils with special educational needs to ensure that they get the support that they need.  All of our pupils engage in school activities, this includes children with special educational needs.  Our SENCO is responsible for co-ordinating and monitoring the effectiveness of our provision for pupils with additional needs.

It is important that we regularly review and evaluate the impact of the support we offer to ensure that our pupils with Special Educational Needs succeed.