Support for children with special educational needs

We aim

• To provide each child with the opportunity to achieve their personal best and to become confident learners.
• To identify and support children with additional education needs in order to include them into the school as successfully as possible.
• We comply with the provisions of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (2001), Children and Families Act 2014 and have regard for the ‘0-25 Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Code of Practice’ (2014).
• To provide support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) so they have full access to a broad and balanced curriculum.
• We aim to communicate effectively and work in partnership with parents/carers/other professionals and agencies.

For more information please read our SEND Policy or request an appointment with Donna Brown, SENCO for Ripley Nursery School.

“Helping and supporting children & young people with special educational needs and disabilities to be more confident in their communities and live independently.”

The Derbyshire Local Offer is in place to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), as well as their parents and carers. It provides clear information about available services and provision, including how to apply for an assessment, early years support, education and learning, care services, preparing for adulthood, health and wellbeing, financial support and travel and transport. The Derbyshire Local Offer contains useful resources for families. The Local Offer includes a directory of local SEND services, support groups, and activities, empowering families to make informed decisions and enhance the quality of life for children and young people with SEND in Derbyshire.
 

Links to Important Derbyshire Local Offer Information

The Derbyshire Local Offer has sections dedicated to specific information. Please see the following list of sections, including their hyperlinks.

Derbyshire Local Offer – Home
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/home.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Early Years
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/early-years/early-years-sen.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Education and Learning
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/education-and-learning.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Preparing for Adulthood
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/preparing-for-adulthood/preparing-for-adulthood.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Leisure and Activities
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure-and-activities/leisure-and-activities.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Travel and Transport
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/travel-and-transport/travel-and-transport.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Health and Wellbeing
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing/health-and-wellbeing.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Financial Support
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/financial-support/financial-support.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Care and Support Services
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/care-and-support-services/care-and-support-services.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – Search Directories of Providers
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/search-providers/search-providers.aspx

Derbyshire Local Offer – I work with Children and Families (Please do not publish publicly)
https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/i-work-with-children-and-families/i-work-with-children-and-families.aspx

Vision Screening advice for 3-4 year olds

https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/inclusion-support-advisory-service/sensory-and-physical-support-service/vision-impairment/vision-impairment-vision-screening/vision-screening.aspx

Links to Local Offer Video

This video is published on the Derbyshire SEND Local Offer YouTube channel. Please see the links below:

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DerbyshireSENDLocalOffer

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egi9pyGQJhM

Translation

The Derbyshire Local Offer webpages are compatible with online translation services like Google Translate. Visitors of the website should first navigate to Google Translate, select the relevant language and enter the URL for Derbyshire Local Offer.

To translate documents, a copy should first be saved. Once a copy has been saved, this document can be uploaded to Google Document Translate.

Local Offer URL: https://www.localoffer.derbyshire.gov.uk

Contact Us

We are happy for the Local Offer contact details to be published on your website, or in printed/electronic materials. We welcome all feedback from, but not limited to children, young people, their parents and carers, childcare professionals, school professionals and health professionals. We use feedback to identify any improvements to the website.

If we receive feedback about services, or an individual’s experience of, this feedback will be passed to the relevant service. All feedback is published annually, including our response to the feedback.

Please include the following copy if you wish to publish contact information:

The Derbyshire Local Offer welcomes all feedback from anyone including children, young people, their parents and carers, childcare professionals, school professionals and health professionals. To contact the Derbyshire Local Offer, please email: Local.offer@derbyshire.gov.uk, or complete the Derbyshire Local Offer Feedback Form.