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SEND statutory guidance
Use the resources below to understand a SENCO's legal obligations, follow a graduated approach and implement the SEND Code of Practice requirements in school.
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Review group member and former special school headteacher Richard Aird explains what the final report of the Rochford Review has found, and how it proposes to change statutory assessment
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Learn how to use your SEN policy to build your overall SEND framework and understand how this can form the backbone of your SEN information report
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Gareth D Morewood comments on important aspects to remember, including quality first teaching, the local offer, EHCPs and mental health
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The government's introduction of a phonics test at the end of Year 1 continues to provoke controversy. The test or 'check' as the government prefers to call it is intended to 'confirm whether individual pupils have learnt phonic decoding to an appropriate standard'
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Carol Frankl examines how SENCOs can respond effectively to the new SEN Code of Practice by focusing on how they can prepare to work effectively with outside agencies
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What does new information reporting guidance formally require of schools, and why are new requirements being introduced? Christopher Robertson explains
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Governing bodies are required to publish a SEND policy containing certain information
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