SEND IASS - Special Educational Needs (SEN) support factsheet

The school should keep you informed and include you in all discussions and decisions, taking your and your child's feelings and wishes into consideration. If your child does not make enough progress, the teacher or the SENCO should then talk to you about asking for advice from outside professionals.

The Code says that a school can ask for this advice at any point but should always involve a specialist where a pupil continues to work at levels substantially below others in their class or make little or no progress despite receiving appropriate support delivered by appropriately trained staff. It also says that when your child is identified has having SEN, the school should take action to remove barriers to learning and put effective SEP in place.

Outside professionals may include but are not limited to the following:

• educational psychologist
• specialist teacher
• speech and language therapist
• occupational therapist