Spinney Hill Primary School

Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)

Contact Details:

Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO): Emma O’Brien

Tel 0116 2737047

Email: parents@spinneyhill.leicester.sch.uk

senco@spinneyhill.leicester.sch.uk

Family Support Worker: Leona Wallace

Tel 0116 2737047

Link Governor for SEND: Bernie Ranzetta

For information about our Designated Specialist Provision (DSP), please follow the link below:

Link to Our DSP Page.

Welcome to the page for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) at Spinney Hill Primary School.

Please click on the links below to find information about what we offer at Spinney Hill if you are concerned that your child has an identified need or disability. There is a lot of information contained within these documents, but if you feel that you would like something to be explained in more detail or you have any other concerns that you would like to discuss, then please use the contact details above to arrange an appointment with the SENCO, Emma O’Brien, or the Family Support Worker, Leona Wallace.

Special Educational Needs & Disability School Offer

Parents or Carers and pupils will be consulted before their child is placed on the SEND Register, and advice and strategies from the local authority’s Best Endeavours Reasonable Adjustments (BERA) document will be implemented.
Pupils on the SEND Register will have access to an intervention strategy that meets their individual needs.
Teachers will review the progress and attainment of groups of pupils who are on the SEND Register and who have access to an intervention strategy with the SENCO at the end of the intervention period.
Pupil progress will be reviewed once a term and fed back to pupils and parents at Parents Evening or other meeting and through the school’s reporting process.
Referrals to local services such as Educational Psychology, Special Needs Support teaching service and Health services will be made only in consultation with parents / carers. This may take the form of a discussion and completion of a referral form.
Pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan will have a statutory annual review to which the pupil, parents or carers and relevant local services will be invited.
Parents have the right to appeal to the Local Authority if they decide not to amend an Education, Health and Care Plan following an annual review.
Teaching assistants will be deployed in such a way as to maximise effectiveness for pupils with SEND.
The views of both parents and pupils will be considered through parent and pupil representation in the review of policies that directly affect pupils with SEND ( for example SEND, Dyslexia Friendly, Behaviour, Anti-Bullying, Disability Equality Duty, Intimate Care Policy, Medical Needs Policy).
The contents of policies shall be made available to parents.

The Local Offer

The Local Offer from the Local Authority brings together in one place information about health, education and social care for:

Children and young people from birth to 25 years old who have a Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND)
Parents and carers of children with SEND
Professionals working in health, care and education
Providers of services for children and young people

Please follow the link below to see a short animation explaining the Local Offer:

Family Information | What is the Local Offer? (leicester.gov.uk)

This is the link for the Local Offer website:

https://families.leicester.gov.uk/send-local-offer/

SEND Information Report 2025 to 2026 and Policies referred to in the Report

Spinney Hill Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Report 2025.pdf Send Policy 2025.pdf Accessibility Plan 2025-2028.pdf Anti Bullying Policy.pdf BERA Framework.pdf Dyslexia Friendly Schools Policy.pdf Dyslexia Friendly School Statement.pdf Intimate Care Policy.pdf Medical Conditions Policy Online Safety Policy.pdf The Support Group Approach to Bullying.pdf Spinney Hill Primary School Safeguarding Policy 2025.pdf Spinney Hill Behaviour and Relationships Policy 2025.pdf