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SEND

SENDCO: Mrs Angela Clayton

You can contact via your child's class teacher or by phoning the school office on 0161 437 1715.

At Outwood Primary School we provide a broad and balanced curriculum for all children. The Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum and the National Curriculum are our starting points for planning which meets the specific needs of individuals and groups of children. When planning, teachers set suitable learning challenges and respond to children’s diverse learning needs. Some children have learning and assessment requirements that could create barriers to learning.

These learning and assessment requirements are likely to arise as a result of a child having special educational needs. Teachers take account of these requirements and make provision, where necessary, to support individuals or groups of children and thus enable them to participate effectively in curriculum and assessment activities. Our Outwood Provision Pyramids show the different levels of support that we offer children in our school.

Children may have special educational needs either throughout, or at any time during, their school career. Our school ensures that curriculum planning and assessment for children with special educational needs takes account of the type and extent of the difficulty experienced by the child.

At Outwood Primary School we believe that every leader is a leader of SEND and that every teacher is a teacher of SEND. We recognise that ‘Special educational provision is underpinned by high quality teaching and is compromised by anything less.’ (SEND Code of Practice 0-25, 2015).

We use the Stockport Entitlement Framework to ensure that quality first teaching strategies are in place for all children at Outwood Primary School.

For further information regarding Stockport's Local Offer please visit: https://stockport.fsd.org.uk/kb5/stockport/fsd/localoffer.page

SEND CO-PRODUCTION CHARTER

Stockport Local Authority have been working with parents, professionals and young people to think about how the provision for children with SEND (Special Educational Needs/Disabilities) can be improved. All involved wanted a more productive and pro-active approach. The concept of ‘co-production’ was developed and defined as: Co-production happens when all voices are actively listened to from the start of the planning process. This involves a mutual respect for each other’s views, with an open and honest relationship that is transparent and continually evolving to achieve meaningful and positive outcomes. This means that families, children, young people and health, care and education colleagues all work in partnership following these principles:

Be open and honest
Actively listen
Value the lived experience
Do what matters
Be accountable and responsive
Work together
Be respectful

OUTCOMES FRAMEWORK

At Outwood Primary School, we share Stockport’s vision for all children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to have the best start in life. We want all children to be happy, prepared for adulthood and able to achieve their goals. We also want families to feel supported, confident, resilient and connected to their community. By working in partnership with parents, carers, young people and workforce across the local area Stockport have co-produced a set of Outcomes that we all want to achieve for benefit of our children and young people. The outcomes are set out in the Outcomes Framework which was launched in November 2020 and the agreed statements are: