Yarrells Preparatory School

Special Education Needs

Some children will have additional needs during their time at Yarrells. These special needs may encompass any specific physical, emotional, welfare or learning need that can affect an individual child’s ability to cope effectively in the learning environment. The need may arise at any time due to family or outside circumstances, or the child may enter with a special need that is not immediately apparent. It is important that such needs are identified, and discussions held with parents, to make arrangements to provide whatever help is needed. It must be emphasised that a child who is gifted has special needs as much a child who is having acute difficulties with learning. Only a very small number of children in the school are in the category of requiring special support but identification of those who do is important. We have an active, rigorous and effective system for identification in place at Yarrells. What we do is very much in line with the DCSF Code of Practice on the identification and assessment of special educational needs.