At Totley All Saints, we are proud of our work with our Children with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND). Our practice is in line with the National Code of Practice and SEND reforms, which came into effect in September 2014.
Our SENDCo is Mrs Trudi Brown (also our Head of School). She can be contacted at:
tbrown@totleyallsaints.sheffield.sch.uk or on: 0114 236 1936.
Please click to download our SEND Policy 2021-22
To see the work that we do on Disability Awareness, please click.
To read our Accessibility Plan, please Accessibility Plan TASS 2021-22.
How do I know if my child has Special Educational Needs or a Disability (SEND)?
A child has special educational needs if he or she has either a learning difficulty, a disability or physical, behavioural or emotional needs which call for special educational provision to be made. Special educational provision means educational provision which is additional to, or different from, the educational provision made generally for children of your child’s age, other than special school.
What happens if my child has Special Educational Needs or a Disability (SEND)?
At TASS, we want every child to do well & to reach their full potential. As a result, every child’s progress is monitored carefully by the class teacher & where a teacher has concerns in one or more aspects of the curriculum, we first initiate early intervention actions which are generally class based support strategies. If the teacher continues to have concerns, the child’s name will be placed on the Special Educational Needs Register at the informal stage. If the child is not able to make progress, s/he may be moved to the Formal stage of the SEND procedure, where the advice and involvement of specialist agencies such as the Learning Support Service or Educational Psychology Service may be requested. Parents are of course kept informed and involved throughout. The next step, where necessary, would be to request that the Local Education Authority assesses the pupil with a view to issuing an Education, Health & Care Plan (EHC), formally known as a Statement of Special Educational Needs. Education, Health & Care Plans have the aim of implementing a new approach to SEND which seeks to join up help across the different sectors of education, health & care, from birth to the age of 25.
Please click to download our SEN booklet parents, carers & SEND Parent information leaflet which gives an overview of SEND for Parents.
Please click to download our SEND SEND Information Report TASS which will give you a more in depth overview of SEND information at TASS.
Please click to download our New SEND Code of Practice Information Booklet for Parents.
Please click to download the Equality Policy & Plan 2021-22.
For more information & support on Special Educational Needs & Disabilities, the following websites will be helpful:
Sheffield City Council Local Offer (Sheffield in general).
Department for Education Guide to Parents regarding the new SEND Code of Practice.
The New SEND Code of Practice 0-25.
SSENDIAS – Sheffield SEN & Disability Information Advice & Support (formally Parent Partnership Service).
The Sheffield Parent Carer Forum
Support from Fusion for home learning.
Strategies for supporting children with additional learning needs at home – June 2020 (1)
