The vision of the four Pioneer Federation schools (St Mary the Virgin, Chiddingly Primary, Park Mead and East Hoathly Primary and Nursery) is \u2018Achievement for All, Learning Together, Learning for Life\u2019 and this radiates through our policy for children with special educational needs and disabilities.<\/p>\n
The Children and Families Act 2014 says that all maintained schools must publish a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Information Report every year. This can be found below.<\/p>\n
In the report, we explain how we meet our duties towards pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. This report is also the information we provide to the East Sussex local offer which shows the support that is available for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in East Sussex: localoffer.eastsussex.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n The federation schools are mainstream primaries admitting pupils from age 4 -11. East Hoathly also has a Nursery.\u00a0 We are inclusive schools – that means we provide for children with all types of special educational need. Within the Pioneer Federation, it is fully recognised that all class teachers are the teachers of children with Special Educational Needs and disabilities (SEND).<\/p>\n The kinds of SEND that are provided for are categorised into four broad areas of need:<\/p>\n The report below includes details of the processes in place to identify children with SEND and for assessing their needs and required provision.<\/p>\n\n