SEND and Inclusion

Special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) provision is overseen and managed by the SENDCo, Adele Mitchell. If you have any concerns about your child’s education needs, or you would like any further details, do not hesitate to contact Adele Mitchell by telephone on (0113) 2934086 or via email admin@talbotprimary.mlt.co.uk

At Talbot Primary School, we pride ourselves on our inclusive ethos. We place inclusion at the heart of our school, striving for excellence and enjoyment for all pupils. We ensure every pupil is encouraged to be their best by adapting and responding to the individual needs of each pupil. Pupils, parents and carers are key partners in our inclusive vision. Parents and carers know their child the best and we endeavour to learn from them. Our ambitious curriculum, trips, extra-curricular and broader activities are designed to capture imagination, harness talent and ensure every pupil makes a positive contribution to our school and community. Our inclusive ethos remains central to all our decisions, empowering our pupils and their families.

The curriculum is ambitious for all pupils. This includes pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) (Ofsted, 2023).

The Children and Families Act, 2014 states:

“A child or young person has special educational needs if he or she has a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for him or her.

A child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty or disability if he or she:

  • Has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age

Or

  • Has a disability which prevents or hinders him or her from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in mainstream schools”.

Talbot Primary is a Moorlands Learning Trust school and as such, the Academy Trust is the Admission Authority. We choose to follow the criteria set out by Leeds City Council therefore all school places are allocated in accordance with the Leeds Admission Policy. Moorlands Learning Trust and the Local Governing Board have decided that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities will be admitted to the school in line with the school’s agreed admissions policy, which can be accessed via the Admissions page of our school website. Moorlands Learning Trust and the Local Governing Board review this policy annually and consider any amendments in light of Leeds Council admission reviews. 

The Leeds Local Offer

All Local Authorities are required to publish a Local Offer which provides information on services available for children and young people aged 0-25 who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. The purpose of the Local Offer is to:

  • Provide clear, comprehensive, accessible and up to date information about available provision in the city and how to access it
  • To make provision more responsive to local needs and aspirations directly involving children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities, their parents and carers and service providers in its development and review

Please click here to view.

 

Moorlands Learning Trust

Our Trust have produced a SEND pledge which outlines what pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and their parents and carers can expect to receive at all Moorlands Learning Trust schools, including Talbot Primary School. Click here to access this link. 

The Moorlands Learning Trust policy outlines how Moorlands Learning Trust schools, including Talbot Primary School, identify children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Click here to access this link.

Our individual offer answers questions parents and carers may have and it details the support available for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities at Talbot Primary School. Click here to access this link. 

Talbot Primary School have also produced a SEND information report which can be found here (link to follow - please see annual reports below in the interim). 

 

Talbot's Annual SEN and D Report

Please click here for our SEND Annual Report 2024-25

Please click here for our SEND Annual Report 2023-24

Please click here for our SEND Annual Report 2022-23

 

Talbot's Accessibility Plan

Our Accessibility Plan forms part of the Disability Equality Scheme and sets out how the governing body will improve equality of opportunity for disabled people. Our Accessibility Plan can be accessed here.

 

Before and After School club

If you would like to know more about how we support children in Rain and Shine, our Before and After School club, click here.

If you are unhappy with the any of the arrangements in place for your child, we would always recommend that initially, you speak to Adele Mitchell, SENDCo. Our aim is to work together for the best outcomes for your child. If a resolution is not possible, Talbot Primary has a well-established procedure for dealing with parental complaints, detailed in the ‘Complaints Procedure’ document on our school website.

In addition to the processes detailed above, parents, carers and young people can seek independent advice and support from Leeds Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice Support Service (SENDIASS) which is an impartial, confidential and accessible service for all parents/carers of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Information about this service can be found on the SENDIASS website https://sendiass.leeds.gov.uk/ by contacting them via the contact form on their website https://forms.leeds.gov.uk/SENDIASSGetInTouch or by telephone on 0113 378 5020.

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