Criteria
Our definition of special educational needs
Children are considered to have Special Educational Needs (SEN) if they have additional learning needs, which calls for special educational provision to be made for them. Children will be referred for SEN support if they:
- have significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age.
- have a significant talent or natural ability greater than the majority of children of the same age.
- have behavioural and/or emotional difficulties which hinders them from learning at a similar rate as the majority of children of the same age.
- have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for children of the same age in schools.