Welcome to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) section of our school website! Edward Peake is committed to providing an inclusive education for all pupils and celebrates diversity of experience, interest and achievement.
Our SEND and inclusion provision aims to ensure that all pupils can participate fully in school life, engage in meaningful learning experiences, and make progress according to their abilities.
At Edward Peake, we are committed to implementing the principles of inclusive education, where pupils with SEND are fully included in mainstream classes and benefit from adapted teaching and support.
Further information regarding the SEND department can be found in the folders below.
CBC Local Offer
Central Bedfordshire Council Local Offer is available online at:
https://localoffer.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/kb5/centralbedfordshire/directory/home.page
The Local Offer website gives children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities and their families information about what support services are available in the local area and also contains information about non-school based services that are available to students with SEND and their families.
- Education services (Early Years providers, schools, colleges and training)
- Health services
- Social care services
- Eligibility for specialist services
- How to obtain an education, health and care plan and the process
- Preparing for adulthood
- Leisure and recreation opportunities
- Arrangements for transport and travel
- Sources of information and support in the area
- Child care, including suitable provision for disabled children and those with SEN
- Arrangements for resolving disagreements and mediation and how to make a complaint
- Local Authorities Accessibility Strategy
Contact Us
SEND FAQ’s
- how-accessible-is-the-school-environment.pdf pdf55.0 KbFeb 19th, 2025
- how-do-you-prepare-and-support-pupils-who-join-the-school-and-transition-through-the-keystages-to-adulthood.pdf pdf63.6 KbFeb 19th, 2025
- How-will-learning-provision-be-matched-to-my-childs-needs.pdf pdf51.6 KbFeb 19th, 2025
- How-will-my-child-be-able-to-contribute-to-their-views.pdf pdf55.8 KbFeb 19th, 2025
- how-will-my-child-be-included-in-activities-outside-the-classroom-including-school-trips.pdf pdf47.0 KbFeb 19th, 2025
- What-is-OAP-ordinarily-available-provision.pdf pdf45.9 KbFeb 19th, 2025
- What-specialist-services-and-expertise-are-available-to-or-accessed-by-the-school.pdf pdf179.6 KbFeb 19th, 2025
- What-support-do-you-have-for-parents-and-carers-of-children-with-send.pdf pdf51.1 KbFeb 19th, 2025
- What-support-is-there-for-behaviour-avoiding-suspensions-and-increasing-attendance.pdf pdf62.4 KbFeb 19th, 2025
- What-training-is-available-to-staff-who-are-supporting-the-pupils-with-send.pdf pdf66.7 KbFeb 19th, 2025
- Who-are-the-best-people-to-talk-to-if-I-have-concerns-about-my-childs-progress.pptx.pdf pdf48.6 KbFeb 19th, 2025
SEND Glossary Terms
- ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder
- ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ASC – Autistic Spectrum Condition
- ASD – Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- BSL – British Sign Language
- CAF – Common Assessment Framework/Form
- CAMHS – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
- CAT – Communication and Autism Team
- CCG – Clinical Commissioning Group
- CCP – Consultant Community Paediatrician
- CDC – Child Development Centre
- C&L- Cognition and Learning
- CLA – Child who is Looked After
- CP – Child Protection
- CYP – Child and young person
- DBS – Disclosure and Barring Service
- DfE – Department for Education
- DLA – Disability Living Allowance
- EAL- English as an Additional Language
- EHCP – Education Health and Care Plan
- EPS – Educational Psychology Service
- HI- Hearing Impairment
- HLTA – Higher Level Teaching Assistant
- INSET – In-Service Education and Training
- LP – Learning Plan
- LO – Local Offer
- MLD – Moderate Learning Difficulties
- MSI – Multiple Sensory Impairment
- Ofsted – Office for Standards in Education
- OT – Occupational Therapy
- PSP – Pastoral Support Plan
- PD – Physical Difficulty
- PMLD – Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- SALT – Speech and Language Therapist or Therapy
- SEND – Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- SENCo – Special Educational Needs Coordinator
- SENDIASS – Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice and Support Service (independent service)
- SC – Social Care
- SEMH – Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- SFA – Schools Funding Agency
- SLCN – Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- SLD – Severe Learning Difficulties
- SLT – Senior Leadership Team
- S&PN – Sensory and/or Physical Needs
- SpLD – Specific Learning Difficulty
- TA – Teaching Assistant
- TAC – Team around the Child
- TOC – Time Out Card
- TYS – Targeted Youth Support
- VI – Visual Impairment
- YP – Young People
SEND & Inclusion Offer
SEND Policy & Report
Edward Peake aims to meet the needs of pupils with a wide range of abilities, including those who may have additional learning needs and/or disabilities. Information on how our school will do this is available in the SEND Information Report and SEND Policy.