Special Educational Needs and Disabilities at Frogwell Primary School

Our Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo) is Mrs Victoria Davies. Mrs Davies normally works on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with a half day on Friday. This is sometimes subject to change due to meetings with professionals.

The following documents outline the way in which Frogwell Primary School aims to meet the needs of pupils who are identified as having Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND). This information is known as our Local Offer and complements the Core Offer provided by Wiltshire Council  (https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/article/7638/Ordinarily-Available-Provision)

 Frogwell Primary School hosts a Resource Base for children who are identified by the Local Authority as having Complex Needs. These are needs beyond those which any mainstream primary school can meet.

The Local Authority allocate places for children who will access the Resource Base. This is not accessible in any way by attending the mainstream school at Frogwell.

Overview of the school

• Frogwell Primary School is an average-sized primary school with approximately 160 children on roll. The school includes a specialist Resource Base for children with Complex Learning Needs which has planned places for 25 children. The mainstream pupils are in six classes.
• More pupils are known to be eligible for the Pupil Premium than the average (41% as of July 2024, approximately 15% higher than the national average).
• 26% of pupils in the mainstream school are identified with a Special Educational Need or Disability
• 4% of our mainstream pupils have an Education, Health or Care Plan (EHCP), which is roughly double the national average of 2.3%)
• 22% of our mainstream pupils have a SEN Support provision
• All pupils in the Resource Base have an EHCP
• All areas of the school are accessible to children with gross motor difficulties. This includes disabled toileting facilities.
• Pupils are placed in the Resource Base by Wiltshire Council as part of the SEND provisioning process. Admission to mainstream Frogwell Primary School will not fast track a pupil with SEND to Resource Base provision.