School education for children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities

Teachers adapt their teaching to ensure that the written and spoken language of tuition is used effectively to provide access to the curriculum. In preparation for lessons, teachers identify key concepts/ideas in the curriculum and teach and reinforce these to prepare children with SEND to learn successfully alongside other children.

Teachers use increased adaptations to the curriculum to recognise and respond to moderate or severe levels of sensory impairment such as hearing or visual impairment. Sometimes, special one-to-one or small group programmes are taught alongside other lessons.

Pupils with disabilities

All schools are required to make reasonable adjustments for any child who has specific long or short-term health needs or a disability. This might include exploring the scope for and following recommendations about physical adaptations to the school to give access for pupils with disabilities by for example the use of handrails; or lighting and contrast application and training. It might also include providing children with specialist furniture, adapted materials, ancillary aids, such as writing slopes or specialist IT equipment, or assistive technology such as Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) that would include signing and more specialist communication aids.