Information Report

“WHAT ARE INFORMATION REPORTS?”

An Information Report (IR) is a document that describes an individual institution’s policy to SEN and reviews how well this has been implemented over the preceding year. The governing body of a maintained school or the proprietor of an academy must publish the IR on their website and ensure that it is updated annually.  

“WHO ARE IRS FOR?”

IRs can assist young people and parents of children with SEN in understanding how suitable a school is for dealing with a particular SEN or disability. IRs also increase accountability, allowing external assessment of how well a school is doing at implementing its SEN policy.

“WHAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE IR?”

The SEN Code of Practice 2014 states that a report must include the following: 

  • The kinds of SEN that are provided for.
  • Policies for identifying children and young people with SEN and assessing their needs, including the name and contact details of the SENCO (mainstream schools).
  • Arrangements for consulting parents of children with SEN and involving them in their child’s education.
  • Arrangements for consulting young people with SEN and involving them in their education.
  • Arrangements for assessing and reviewing children and young people’s progress towards outcomes. This should include the opportunities available to work with parents and young people as part of this assessment and review.
  • Arrangements for supporting children and young people in moving between phases of education and in preparing for adulthood. As young people prepare for adulthood outcomes should reflect their ambitions, which could include higher education, employment, independent living and participation in society. 
  • The approaches to teaching children and young people with SEN.
  • How adaptations are made to the curriculum and the learning environment of children and young people with SEN.
  • The expertise and training of staff to support children and young people with SEN, including how specialist expertise will be secured.
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of the provision made for children and young people with SEN.
  • How children and young people with SEN are enabled to engage in activities available with children and young people in the school who do not have SEN.
  • Support for improving emotional and social development. This should include extra pastoral support arrangements for listening to the views of children and young people with SEN and measures to prevent bullying.
  • How the school involves other bodies, including health and social care bodies, local authority support services and voluntary sector organisations, in meeting children and young people’s SEN and supporting their families.
  • Arrangements for handling complaints from parents of children with SEN about the provision made at the school.
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