Bryan Slater

Director of Education

Distribution

 

All Norfolk mainstream

schools

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This document needs your action as detailed below:

ACTION

Title

Monitoring and Evaluation of SEN Provision

Summary of contents

Letter of explanation and self review tool for the monitoring and evaluation of SEN provision

Associated documents

School Self Review Website

DfES ‘Removing Barriers to Achievement’

(Ref: DfES/0117/2004 available from DfES publications on 0845 60 222 60)

Date

March 2004

Summary of action required

Self review tool to be completed in preparation for the extra summer term RDA visit

 

To be completed by

19 July 2004

LEA Contact

Steve Lord, Senior Adviser (SEN)

(

01603 433276

E-mail address

steve.lord@norfolk.gov.uk

 

Norfolk Self Review reference

5. How well does the school care for, support and guide its pupils?

7. How well is the school led and managed?

 

 

Document reference

MI 55-04

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                          


 

 

Director's Office

Education Department

County Hall

Martineau Lane

Norwich

Director of Education: Bryan Slater

Norfolk NR1 2DL

 

 

 

Tel: 01603 222146

 

Fax: 01603 222481

 

                   Minicom: 01603 223833

 

mailto:directors.office.edu@norfolk.gov.uk

 

 

Please ask for:

Steve Lord

Your ref:

 

Contact Number:

01603 433276

My ref:

BCS/SL

 

3 March 2004

 

To: All Norfolk mainstream schools

 

 

Dear Colleague

 

Norfolk School Self Review: Self Evaluation of SEN Provision

 

Over the last twelve months a working group has been developing an SEN Provision Self Evaluation tool intended to support schools in completing the Norfolk School Self Review, contributing to development planning and focussing evidence vital at an Ofsted Inspection when judging aspects of inclusive practice.  As you will be aware the new Ofsted Framework for Inspection introduced in September 2003 places greater emphasis on inclusion.

 

To support schools in the initial use of the Self Evaluation tool an extra half-day RDA visit has been allocated during the summer term 2004.  This will involve RDAs in discussing the results of the school’s self evaluation and supporting evidence with the Headteacher, SENCO and SEN Governor.  Although the documents are intended to support ongoing self evaluation, the process this year should build on any previous evaluation of effectiveness of SEN provision and give all schools clearer evidence to support judgements.

 

The self evaluation pack contains:

 

·        Description of background to, and use of, the self evaluation materials

·        Self Evaluation Core Statements

·        Core Statements Supporting Notes

·        Self Evaluation Additional Statement Grids

·        Sample SEN Development Plan

·        Sample sources of evidence and glossary

 

 

 

 

 

Norfolk School Self Review: Self Evaluation of SEN Provision

 

 

This process should enable schools to develop an accurate and informed judgement on a key dimension of inclusive practice and, as such, responds clearly to the new Government Strategy for SEN, “Removing Barriers to Achievement”.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION