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SEND Code of Practice

The SEND Code of Practice gives more detail about what SEND means.

SEND can be broken down into Special Educational Needs (SEN) and/or Disability.

SEN

A child has SEN if they:

  • have significantly more difficulty learning than most others their age
  • have a disability which prevents them taking part in similar learning to others of the same age
  • need extra support that is ‘additional to’ and ‘different from’ the support that other children of the same age get

A disability is part of SEN when it impacts on their learning.

SEN covers a lot of difficulties that children may face. The Code of Practice breaks this down into four main types:

  • Cognition and learning
  • Communication and speech
  • Social, emotional, and mental health
  • Physical and sensory

Disability

The other part of SEND is Disability.

A disability is defined as a physical or mental condition which has a long-term and substantial impact on your daily life (Equality Act 2010).

It can be physical, e.g cerebral palsy

It can be neurological, e.g autism spectrum disorder

If a child has a disability that does not affect their learning, they are part of SEND but do not have Special Educational Needs (SEN).

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