SEND

Mr Richard Kingham is the SENDCO for parents and families of children at Sundon Lower School.

Contact: office@sundonlower.co.uk or 01525 872357

At Sundon Lower School we recognise that all our pupils are individuals with different strengths and needs. We endeavour to achieve maximum inclusion of all children (including vulnerable children) whilst meeting their individual needs. In order to fully support children with special educational needs or disabilities, teachers provide differentiated learning opportunities for all the children within our school. This includes differentiated activities, small group work, pre- teaching or implementing adult support as well as providing materials appropriate to children’s interests and abilities. This ensures that all children have full access to our school curriculum.

We use a Graduated Approach to SEND.  This begins with Wave 1, Quality First teaching which includes observations and monitoring which is backed up by quality training for all staff.  Wave 2 introduces other strategies to support children such as small group teaching or bespoke interventions.  Wave 3 then involves more individual interventions, seeking advice from outside agencies.  Parents are involved throughout.

We follow an 'Assess, Plan, Do, Review' cycle as outlined in the SEN Code of Practice (2015) 

Identification, assessment and provision for children with Special Educational Needs is a matter for the whole school with parents working in partnership.

All members of staff play a very important part in ensuring needs are met to the best of our ability to ensure potential is reached.

Click here for the Central Bedfordshire Council SEND Local offer where you can find out more information on what to do if you think your child has special educational needs or disabilities (SEND).

Click here for the Central Bedfordshire Special Education Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Services. This is a statutory service which offers a free confidential support service for parents and carers of children with special educational needs.

For further information please see the documents below.

Click to Download SEND Information Report HLS- SLS September 2025 [pdf 200KB] Click to Download
Click to Download Medical Conditions Procedures - November 2026 [pdf 285KB] Click to Download
Click to Download Accessibility Policy and Plan 2023-2026 - HLS - SLS - February 2026.docx [pdf 105KB] Click to Download
Click to Download Parent Mentoring Support Service [pdf 567KB] Click to Download
Click to Download SEND whole school provision map SLS [pdf 85KB] Click to Download
Click to Download ADHD parent leaflet [pdf 1MB] Click to Download
Click to Download Anxiety parent leaflet [pdf 1MB] Click to Download
Click to Download Autism parent leaflet [pdf 1MB] Click to Download
Click to Download Dyscalculia parent leaflet [pdf 1MB] Click to Download
Click to Download Dyslexia parent leaflet [pdf 1MB] Click to Download
Click to Download SAL parent leaflet [pdf 1MB] Click to Download
Click to Download Stammering parent leaflet [pdf 1MB] Click to Download
Click to Download Working memory parent leaflet [pdf 1MB] Click to Download