Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Mrs Stow is the schools SENDCo (Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Co-Ordinator) and Designated Teacher for LAC (Looked After Children) lead. For any enquiries for Mrs Stow, please email them to kstow@newton.derbyshire.sch.uk
The designated school governor for SEND and LAC is Erika Thornhill.
A child has special educational needs if they have learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for them to learn than most other children of about the same age.
Many children will have special educational needs of some kind during their education. Schools and other organisations can help most children overcome the barriers their difficulties present quickly and easily. A few children will need extra help for some or all of their time in school.
Special educational needs could mean that a child benefits from support with their:
- Communication and interaction - in expressing themselves or understanding what others are saying
- Cognition and learning - in gaining basic skills in school such as reading and writing
- Social, emotional or mental health - making friends or relating to adults or behaving properly in school
- Sensory and/or physical - such as hearing or visual impairment, which might affect them in school or a medical or health condition which may slow down a child’s progress and/or involves treatment that affects his or her education.
Children make progress at different rates and have different ways they learn best. Teachers take account of this when they organise lessons and teach. Children making slower progress, or having difficulties in one area, may be given extra strategies and support to help them succeed.
Every school has a Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator (SENDCo). If you have any concerns about your child you should always talk to the child's class teacher as early as possible. The class teacher may decide to ask for support from the SENDCo at this point. We understand that children can be different at school to home and we will always listen to your concerns and work with you to support your child and you as their family.
More information about the support available can be found through the Derbyshire Local Offer: Home - Derbyshire Local Offer
SENDIASS provide independent information, advice and support to parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs: Welcome to the Derbyshire Information, Advice and Support Service for SEND - Derbyshire Information, Advice & Support Service for SEND (derbyshireiass.co.uk)