Special Educational Needs and Disability
SEND Overview
At Hermitage Primary School we ensure that all pupils are included, feel valued and are inspired to achieve.
Our pupils who have additional needs make outstanding progress from their starting points due to the provision in place and commitment of all staff. Class teachers and Teaching Assistants take part in a range of professional development opportunities enabling them to provide outstanding Quality First Teaching.
We follow the Cheshire East Toolkit for SEND and Teachers work closely with the SENDCo and identify needs early through a Graduated Approach to meeting need of pupils within their class.
SEND Coffee Mornings:
Each term we hold a SEND coffee morning for our families, where we invite guest speakers from different services and have staff on hand to answer any questions.
Our next SEND coffee morning will be in summer term.
SEND Newsletters 2025-2026
Each half term we issue a SEND newsletter for our families. Please see below:
SEND Report/Local Offer
In July 2014, the Government published the Code of Practice, which sets out the approach and provision for Special Educational Needs. As part of this every school in England and Wales had to provide a SEN School Report, which outlines what each school has to offer when considering Special Needs. At Hermitage, we follow and use Cheshire East Local Offer.
Please find our School SEN Information Report and SEND Polciy below:
CEIAS-Cheshire East Information Advice Service
CEIAS is a support network for parents and they can give you advice if your child have a Special Educational Needs.
To read more about CEIAS click here.