Special Education Needs and Inclusion (SEND)
The school identifies pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) at the earliest opportunity. These pupils access the same curriculum as their peers through appropriate adaptations in lessons - Ofsted March 2025Special Educational Needs and Inclusion
All pupils with additional needs are welcome at Cobbs Brow School. We are committed to meeting the special educational needs of children and ensuring that they make good progress. We carefully assess and closely track pupils to ensure there is early identification of any additional needs. We seek to provide a high quality academic education for all pupils according to their needs, and to develop attitudes of mutual respect and responsibility.
Quality first teaching techniques and carefully planned additional interventions are used in school to support pupils. Where pupils need more individual support, an IEP (individual education plan) is devised by the class teacher to provide extra support.
This is shared with pupils and parents. This stage is called SEN support. Sometimes, it may be necessary to work with outside agencies such as speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, CAMHS and educational psychologists to gain advice and resources for our pupils. Pupils with more complex needs may need to undergo statutory assessment so that an EHCP (education and health care plan) can be put in place and agencies can work together in order to provide adequate support. A copy of our full Local Offer can be found on our school website. If parents have any concerns about their children, they can contact the SENCO, Miss Sharples or Headteacher, Mr Eaton at school.
For further information about Special Educational Needs and Inclusion at Cobbs Brow please see our school policy below.
Please find below a flow chart for parents outlining the process of SEN provision within our school.
Schools’ duties around accessibility for disabled pupils
Schools and LAs need to carry out accessibility planning for disabled pupils. These are the same duties as previously existed under the Disability Discrimination Act and have been replicated in the Equality Act 2010 Part 5A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) requires the governing body to:
- promote equality of opportunity for disabled people: pupils, staff, parents, carers and other people who use the school or may wish to; and
- prepare and publish a Disability Equality Scheme to show how they will meet these duties.
SEND Information Report
This report outlines SEND provision at Cobbs Brow Primary School.
Family Information Network Directory (FIND)
Please click on the link below to access the Family Information network Directory (FIND) which offers support, advice and information for parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Lancashire’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Local Offer
The SEND local offer brings together information, advice, support and services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities for their parents, carers and families. Please click on the link below to view Lancashire’s Local Offer.
Cobbs Brow’s Local Offer
Privacy Notice for Pupils
On the 25th May 2018 the Data Protection Act 1998 will be replaced by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). All schools and early years settings must inform parents and carers that they hold personal data about each pupil, and they must inform their staff that they hold personal data about them. Schools must also explain how they intend to use the data and provide information about who the data may be forwarded to. To comply with this, each Lancashire school or early years setting needs to make available or provide a Privacy Notice to the parents or carers of all new and current pupils. For further information please see the link below.