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Assessments

What do you know about the qualifications required for Assessment?


(Are your staff qualified or do you seek external professionals)

What type of assessment methods do you currently use?


(Why are you assessing?)

What whole school Assessments do you use and how do you use the data?

What are your favorite assessments to use and why?


Admissions
Who is involved in the admission process at your school?
(From the Admissions Manager to SLT? Do you know their roles?)

In what ways are you involved in the admissions process?


(and what ways do you think you could benefit the process?)

Do you think that SEN staff should attend the interview process?

What assessments are used for Admissions?


Early Intervention
What do you understand the term Early Intervention to mean?

Are children who require Early Intervention place on a SEN register?

Whose responsibility is Early Intervention support?


(Class teacher or Specialist?)

How involved are the parents during the process of Early Intervention?
(Are they communicated with, are there expectations for their support?)
IEP’s and Differentation
What does the term IEP mean?

Who receives IEP’s in your school?

How regularly are IEP’s drawn up and reviewed in a year?

What is the purpose of an IEP?

What are the perceptions of Teachers and Parents towards IEP’s?


(and how can we support a better understanding of their usefulness?)
Resources
What are your human resources like?
(and how are they trained?)

What is the budget generally like for resources for SEN?

Is it easy to take resources from place to place? How do you store and access the
resources when you need them?

What are your favourite resources for …


Literary
Numeracy
Social Skills
Motor Skills
Communication Skills
Specific Subject intervention
Speech and Language
What access does your school have to an SLT?

Can SEN teachers support children with S&L challenges?

Do children get pulled out of class for SLT support?

Should SLT take place outside of the classroom?


Wellbeing
What does well-being mean to you?

Is it a good idea to incorporate wellbeing into the students timetable?

When does a whole class programme work better than a small group pull out?

What wellbeing programmes do you use in your school?

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