Policies and guidance

We have produced various policies and guidance which can be accessed via the links below.

These are downloadable in PDF format (which you can read using Adobe Acrobat Reader which you can download free of charge from the Adobe website).

• Accessibility Strategy 2003 - 2006 - Strategy to overcome barriers preventing access for children and their carers to buildings, curriculum and information
• Access Strategy Action Plan - Programme of action for delivering the Accessibility Strategy 2003 - 2006  
• Audit Funding Guidance Pack 2012 - 2013 (pdf, Jan 2012, 496KB) - Guidance for schools on the criteria for audit funding and how to apply including application forms.
  - Audit Funding Forms (doc, Jan 2012, 10.4MB) *Large File will take a few moments to download.
  - Report for Audit Funding 2012 (doc, Jan 2012, 466KB) 
• Baytree School Sample Equalities Policy 
• Disability Code of Practice - Supports schools in developing provision for children with disability
• Dual Placement Protocol 2012 (pdf, Feb 2012, 219KB) - This document sets out the arrangements made in circumstances where a pupil can be registered to attend both a mainstream and special school.
• Guidance for Special Educational Needs Assessment - Informs schools, parents, education services and colleagues in other agencies of our procedures on identifying, assessing and providing special educational needs 
• Guidance on the SEN Code of Practice for Mainstream Schools - Guidance for mainstream schools in the implementation of the code  
• Inclusion and Equality Guidance for Schools on meeting the legal and good practice requirements
• Joint Working Between Children & Young People's Services, Health and Connexions for Children with Complex Needs for whom there is Shared Agency Concern - Multi-agency protocol for working effectively to support children whose needs cross organisational boundaries
• Monitoring of SEN Funding - A framework to monitor funding and to ensure it is used effectively in mainstream schools 
• OfSTED Evaluating Inclusion in Schools - Outlines criteria for the support for under-achieving pupils 
• School Self-review for the Inclusion of SEN Pupils - Schedule for reviewing the inclusion of SEN children and young people in early years settings and primary and secondary schools 
• Statutory and Complex Issues Panel Guidance Notes - The SCIP Panel is a central decision-making panel which deals with all Special Educational Needs, Statutory decisions, complex placements, multi-agency support and children and young people without an identified educational placement.
• Transitions Information pack (pdf, March 2012, 244KB)