Special Education Needs and Disabilities
At Ore Village Primary Academy we expect all children, including those with SEN and disabilities, to achieve and make progress in line with the achievements and progress of all other children within the school; and those nationally.
The SEN Code of Practice says that:
A child or young person has SEN if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for him or her.
A child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty or disability if he or she:
has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age, or
has a disability which prevents or hinders him or her from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in mainstream schools.
A child under compulsory school age has special educational needs if he or she is likely to fall within the definition above when they reach compulsory school age or would do so if special educational provision was not made for them.
There are four broad categories of SEN:
Communication and interaction – such as Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Speech and Language difficulties.
Cognition and learning – such as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Moderate Learning Difficulties.
Social, emotional and mental health – such as ADHD, Attachment Disorders, emotional difficulties and mental health difficulties.
Physical and sensory – such as a physical disability that impairs learning, hearing impairments and visual impairments
Our SENCo is Mr Stephen Tippett who can be contacted via the school office on 01424 422979 or by email at senco@ovpa-tkat.org
Useful Documents
Our SEN information report and the East Sussex Local offer can be found by clicking the links below: