The stages of SEN support at Thornton are indicated below:
Stage of Support |
School Support |
Specialist Support |
Support Plan |
Education, Health and Care Plan |
Nature of Support |
Quality First Teaching / additional support using school’s resources |
This may be advisory or direct input with the pupil It may or may not require some level of funding from the school |
Additional support to access the curriculum due to significant and sustained educational needs. The school may apply for High Needs Funding, enabling the school to more effectively support the child. |
This plan considers a number of needs which include a combination of education, health and welfare/social issues. Additional funding will be available to meet the child’s needs. |
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This is for the vast majority of pupls |
This will be required in a minority of cases |
This stage is for pupils whose ability is significantly below expected |
An extremely small percentage of pupils reach the stage of an Education, Health and Care Plan (i.e. roughly 1%) |