Local Authority maintained community primary and nursery school.

Transition arrangements are made for all pupils.

Provision for children with special educational needs and disability is a matter for the whole school. The governing body, the school’s head teacher, the SENDCO and all other members of staff, particularly class teachers and teaching assistants, have important day-to-day responsibilities.
The school will assess each child’s current levels of attainment on entry in order to ensure that they build on the patterns of learning and experience already established during the child’s pre-school years. If the child already has an identified special educational need, this information may be transferred from other partners in their Early Years setting and the class teacher and SENDCO will use this information to:
- provide starting points for the development of an appropriate curriculum
- identify and focus attention on action to support the child within the class
- use the assessment processes to identify any learning difficulties
- ensure ongoing observation and assessments provide regular feedback about the child’s achievements and experiences to form the basis for planning the next steps of the child’s learning
The identification and assessment of the special educational needs of children whose first language is not English requires particular care. Where there is uncertainty about a particular child, a teacher will look carefully at all aspects of the child’s performance in different subjects to establish whether the problems are due to limitations in their command of English or arises from special educational needs.
The purpose of identification is to work out what action the school needs to take, not to fit a pupil into a category. At Parkview Primary School we identify the needs of pupils by considering the needs of the whole child, which will include not just the special educational needs of the child or young person.
There are many reasons why a child may be showing signs of concern in their progress and attainment, but these are not classed as SEND: for more information please read our SEND policy on our website.