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Ewhurst Village Hall
The Street
Ewhurst
Surrey
GU6 7PX

Tel: 01483 278378
Mobile: 07821 010918

Special Needs Policy

Our pre-school aims to have regard to the DfEE Code of Practice on special educational needs and also the guidelines supplied to private and voluntary providers of pre-school education.

 

We aim to provide welcome, and appropriate learning opportunities, for all children.

 

• Children with special needs, like all other children, are admitted to the pre-school after consultation between parents, pre-school co-ordinator and key-worker.

 

• Our aim is to provide for the development needs of each child in the group

 

• All children in the group, irrespective of their special needs, are encouraged wherever possible and appropriate to participate in all he groups activities.

 

• Our system of observation and record keeping, which operates in conjunction with parents, enables us to monitor children’s needs and progress on an individual basis.

 

• The needs and progress of children who have special needs are monitored by our groups special educational needs co-ordinator.

 

• Our key-worker system ensures that each adult is especially responsible for, and close to just five or six children, so each child receives plenty of adult time and attention.

 

• We work closely with the parents of all the children in the group to ensure that:

• The group draws upon knowledge and expertise of parents in planning provision for the child.

• The child’s progress and achievements are shared and discussed with parents on a regular basis.

• Parents know the identity of the group’s special educational needs co-ordinator

 

• Parents are aware of the arrangements for the admission and integration of children with special educational needs.*

 

• If it is felt that a child’s needs cannot be met in the pre-school without additional personnel and/or equipment, funding will be sought to ensure that provision is appropriate to the child’s needs.

 

• We work in liaison with relevant professionals and agencies outside the group to meet children’s specific needs.*

 

• Our staff attends, whenever possible, in-service training on special needs arranged by the Pre-school Learning Alliance and other professional bodies.

 

*  The policy should be accompanied by a list if procedures, which show how the policy is implemented in the group.  These will include:

 

• The name of SENCO

• Arrangements for systems for children with special educational needs.

• The way children with special educational needs will be offered a broad and balanced curriculum

• The way resources within the group’s budget will be allocated to special needs work.

• Links between the pre-school and external support services, including the local authority and voluntary organisations.

• Arrangements for reviewing policies and procedures relating to special needs.

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