SEND Annual Report Reflection Sheet
Suggested contents
An overview of the quality of provision across the year
Include a succinct overview of the year and include key details to highlight & share:
• the quality of the curriculum for SEND learners and impact of ‘Quality First Teaching for All’
• the implementation and monitoring of the Mainstream Core Standards
• pastoral outcome for SEND pupils
• holistic development: personal, social, and moral for SEND pupils
• evaluation of the leadership of SEND & every leader a leader of SEND/every teacher a teacher of SEND.
• implementation of Mainstream Core Standards.
Further detail can then be added in other sections.
SEND register status
Include a brief overview of the SEND landscape within the school e.g., % of EHCP/K/SEND register with year-on-year trends. It is also a great idea to show the % of overlap with SEND from EAL/LAC/PP etc.
Think about local and national comparisons to demonstrate the levels of need in school and then break down the four areas of need to indicate key areas for consideration:
• communication and interaction
• cognition and learning
• social emotional and mental health
• sensory and physical.
Included?
Progress and attainment
Identification and assessment
When developing this area think about data holistically for all learners with SEND and demonstrate improvement / areas for development across all areas. There could also be a couple of anonymised case studies to demonstrate the impact of your provision on the individual progress and attainment of key individuals.
The data can be both quantitative and qualitative and could include:
• subject progress data
• attendance data
• behaviour monitoring
• participation data
• family engagement data
• feedback from parents, teachers, learners
• Local Authority feedback.
Include the schools’ processes for identification and assessment with brief reference to number of assessments, resources used and impact. The SENCO could also briefly include the improvement in teacher engagement with identifying need and how this is followed up and pursued by the SEND team.
Accessibility update A section to detail any amendments to the school’s accessibility arrangements with any updates necessary.
Reference could be made to the date annual update of policy was completed.
Funding update
An update on funding details how the school has used the notional budget to its best endeavours and where needed, how high needs funding applications has provided additional support for those young people needing more than what is normally provided. It could include:
• details of SEND funding and high needs applications – value for money
• the variation in funding year on year
• how funding had impacted upon the development of inclusion for the school
• what the impact of any additional funding had been
• funding plans for the next academic year and any funding concerns.
Staff development
Describe the CPD plans for all staff (leaders, teachers, TAS, support staff), who has received what training and how and what the impact has been for the school. Think about:
• mentoring and coaching
• internal CPD
• external webinars, training and visits
• Kent County Council countywide projects
• academy/across school peer reviews
• Mainstream Core Standards development
• external professional support.
Team around the children
This section would reflect the opportunities taken to ensure key collaboration and communication with all stakeholders, including families, external agencies, and local authority support. It clearly allows a SENCO to express:
• how the school’s partnership and collaboration with parents has impacted upon the outcomes for SEND learners
• how the level of support from external professionals has had an impact upon provision.
SWOT From the SEND development plan and through regular monitoring meetings a SENCO should be able to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
Articulating these clearly within the report including:
• key celebrations and outcomes
• specific areas for development over the next academic year
• strategic planning on how to implement these developments and actions to be taken.