SEND AIMS


Norcot Early Years Centre welcomes and provides appropriate learning opportunities for all children. In addition to the Code of Practise, our provision reflects the aims The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. We will:

 

  • Welcome all children with disabilities and/or Special Educational Needs and their families appreciating their contributions and recognising that they enrich the learning environment for all children and adults in our nursery. 


  • Ensure that families of children with SEND are treated as partners and supported to play an active and valued role in their child’s education.


  • Ensure the ‘child’s voice’ is at the centre of all of our SEND provision.


  • Create an inclusive provision that enables ALL children including those with SEND to join in activities in the centre recognising that these may need to be adapted to meet the needs of the children


  • Ensure that the necessary provision is made for any child who has a special educational need and/or disability and that the needs are made known to all who are likely to work with them.


  • Ensure that Early Years practitioners within the Centre are able to identify and provide for children with special educational needs.


If you are concerned about your child’s progress or they have an identified need please let us know as soon as possible. You can speak to your child’s key person or arrange to have a meeting with me to discuss your concerns and to determine what help we can provide for your child.


Please contact our Inclusion Lead Teacher – Kathryn Sykes  Sendco@norcot.reading.sch.uk



The Early Years Inclusion Award is an outstanding achievement that settings can receive once they have demonstrated they are an inclusive setting to all children including those with additional needs. This award validates that educational setting is meeting the requirements for the SEND Code of Practice and meeting the standards and competency framework on the Brighter Beginnings Inclusion Award to gain the status. After external validation, we have been awarded Inclusion Award Level 3. 

Inclusion Award

We are delighted to announce that both Waterside Day Care and our Nursery School have been awarded the Level 1 SEND Inclusion award! 


The Nursery School has the Level 2 and Level 3 Inclusion Award.    The Early Years Inclusion Award is an outstanding achievement that settings can receive once they have demonstrated they are an inclusive setting to all children including those with additional needs. This award validates that educational setting is meeting the requirements for the SEND Code of Practice and meeting the standards and competency framework on the Brighter Beginnings Inclusion Award to gain the status. After external validation, we have been awarded Inclusion Award Level 3rd May 2024. 


This award helps schools deliver high-quality education for pupils with SEND. Compliant with the SEND Code of Practice, the award framework focuses on removing barriers to learning through early identification, inclusive teaching and leadership. It also allows us to evaluate impact to improve classroom practice and pupil outcomes.

 

Brighter Beginnings - Early Years Inclusion Award

 

The Early Years Inclusion Award is an outstanding achievement that settings can receive once they have demonstrated they are an inclusive setting to all children including those with additional needs. This award validates that settings are meeting the requirements for the SEND Code of Practice

Early Years settings must submit evidence to demonstrate that they have met the standards and competency framework of the Inclusion Award to gain this status.

Settings are supported by the Early Years Team, Portage Team, Autism Advisor and Educational Psychology service to work towards meeting these standards.

This award will:

  • Enrich workforce development within Early Years providers
  • Have a positive impact on children, diminishing the difference in children’s attainment
  • Improve choices for parents of children with SEND.
  • Promote and increase inclusion by providers of the EYFS
  • Increase the sufficiency of places for children with SEND to include take up of the 30hour entitlement.

Settings that have achieved the Level 1 and 2 award, will then provide support to other early years settings, who are working towards achieving the Brighter Beginnings Inclusion Award. 


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