Code of Practice The code is intended to create a partnership between schools, LEAs, Health Authorities and Social Services, working with pupils who have special education needs.

Class teachers identify a child's special educational needs, and consulting the school's SENCO, take initial action to meet the child's needs within normal classroom work, and to monitor and review the child's progress. The SENCO takes the lead responsibility for gathering information and for co-ordinating the child's special educational provision, working with the class teacher and the parents. An Individual Education Plan (IEP) is produced for each child on the Special Needs Register.

The SENCO and the teachers are supported by specialists from outside school, (the Educational Psychologist and the Learning Support Team). If necessary the LEA will consider the need for a statutory assessment and, if appropriate makes a multi-disciplinary assessment, makes a statement and arranges, monitors and reviews provision. Parents are consulted at every stage.

If a sensory difficulty is present then the teachers will take advice from the external agency involved, ie; speech and language therapist, doctor or nurse, etc. and will then adapt the teaching to accommodate this advice.