School Action and School Action Plus
The Criteria
We use ‘criteria’ to help us know when there is not enough progress and to arrange different help. The criteria are used to ensure fairness when deciding which children:
- should be on the School’s Special Educational Needs (SEN) registers
- need more help or less help
Sometimes children do not improve, even with extra support and our experts use the criteria to decide if an assessment is needed.
Examples of help at School Action and School Action Plus
- targets written by the classteacher with specialist and parent involvement
- Special Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) involved in assessing and planning
- increasing differentiation (making the task different so it is manageable)
- greater input from the classteacher and teaching assistants
- regular planned support from classteacher, teaching assistants and the SENCO
- flexible group work to support Individual Education Plan (IEP) targets
- very small groups for literacy and numeracy
- social skills groups
- access to computers and specialist materials and equipment
- opportunities to become independent and feel positive
- specialist from outside school e.g. Educational Psychologist
- a visit to school each term from a Speech and Language Therapist/Teacher
- doing ‘Jump Ahead’, a programme to improve motor skills
- regular reviews of progress
Enhanced School Action Plus
Kingston can provide funding as an alternative to statutory assessment, with parents’ agreement. This does not affect parents’ statutory right to request an assessment.
If we believe that your child’s needs are complex or severe we will suggest a statutory assessment.