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Special educational needs

Types of support

Our help extends to supporting parents/carers, teachers and all those that are responsible for a child's welfare with advice and information on all areas of Special and Additional Educational Needs.

We are committed to giving children of all ages with Additional Education Needs (including Special Educational Needs) the opportunity to reach their full potential. All schools have responsibilities for helping children, regardless of the nature or severity of their needs.

Support services

  • we assess pupils with Special or Additional Educational Needs - we carry out Statutory Assessment as described in the SEN Code of Practice
  • we provide confidential advice and support for children and young people with (or presumed to have) learning difficulties
  • we provide practical information including the ability for parents to locate schools and support services appropriate to the child/young person's needs

How to access our service

Our Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Additional Educational Needs (AEN) workers operate throughout the borough. Because Kent is such a large county, the Local Authority is divided into three areas - Mid Kent, East Kent and West Kent with local offices in each of these areas. If you would like some impartial and professional advice, please contact the relevant area office.

Tell us your views

It is important that we monitor and evaluate our work so that we can provide the best service possible. In order to do this we need feedback from parents who have recently been in contact with our service. Fill in our online Statutory Assessment Survey.

Further information

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