SEND

Special Education Needs and Disabilities

The SEND 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.

There are four broad categories of SEND:

• 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

The school SEND, Accessibility and Intimate Care policies can be found within our policies area.

Any queries relating to SEND should be referred to SEN@havant-tkat.org in the first instance.

Our SEND Information Report can be found by clicking the link below:

SEND information Report for Havant Academy