The final recommendations build on interim recommendations to (1) support efforts to increase and make more predictable ECS funding; (2) update and improve the ECS formula; (3) support equitable funding for school choice programs, including interdistrict magnet schools and regional agriscience technology centers; and (4) explore fairer and more reasonable approaches to funding
services for students with special educational needs.
Other aspects of post-primary education include: •
Education for students with special educational needs • Equipment grants for students with disabilities • Examination arrangements for students with disabilities • School transport for post-primary students • Special educational arrangements for Travellers • Measures to address educational disadvantage • Resources for non-English speakers.
Providing specific information, including details of the physical layout of schools, teacher roles, timetables, lockers, curriculum, school policies and procedures and extra-curricular activities can be particularly
supportive for students with special educational needs.
Schools may find the following standards from the teaching and learning dimension of the quality framework particularly helpful in
providing for students with special educational needs: Appendix 5: Looking at our school 2016 — A quality framework for post-primary schools
For the purposes of Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014, which provides the legal framework for the provision of education to students with SEND, Special Post-16 Institutions are defined in section 83 of that Act as «a post-16 institution that is specially organised to make special educational provision
for students with special educational needs».
ORGANISE ME (3)- ROUTINES AND PLANNING is an active, visual and practical workbooklet
for students with special educational needs.
PLANTING ROOTS is a active, visual and practical workbooklet
for students with special educational needs.
ORGANISE ME (1)- READING AND USING TIME is an active, visual and practical unit of work and workbooklet
for students with special educational needs.
For more information on our provision
for students with special educational needs, please see our SEND report, below, and our special educational needs policy.
The overall aim of the NCSE research programme is to strengthen our knowledge and understanding of best practice in educational policy and provision
for students with special educational needs.
For the purposes of Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014, which provides the legal framework for the provision of education to students with SEND, special post-16 institutions are defined in section 83 of that Act as «a post-16 institution that is specially organised to make special educational provision
for students with special educational needs».
The overall school timetable should be designed carefully to make appropriate provision for students with special educational needs
This review could include measures of attainment, communication, independence, attendance, social inclusion and well - being (for example, sense of belonging and connectedness to school)
for students with special educational needs.
To assist schools in reflecting on their provision
for students with special educational needs a Self - Reflective Questionnaire is provided in Appendix 6 of the 2017 Guidelines.
When applied to a school's provision
for students with special educational needs, the domains and statements of practice enable teachers and school leaders to review their practices, to identify what they are doing well, and to recognise aspects of the school's work that could be further developed to improve learning experiences and outcomes for these students.
Provision
for students with special educational needs is enhanced through clear identification processes and careful planning of interventions to address academic and / or personal and social development needs.