Special educational needs
The Royal Borough defines special education needs in the
following way:
Children have special educational needs if they have a learning
difficulty which calls for special educational provision to be made
for them.
Children have a significant learning difficulty if they:
- have significantly greater difficulty in learning than the
majority of children of the same age; or
- have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making
use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for
children of the same age in schools within the area of the local
education authority
- are under compulsory school age and fall within the definition
at (1) or (2) above or would do so if special educational provision
was not made for them
It is estimated that as many as one in five children may have
special educational needs and need special help at some time to
make progress in school. Some children may only need help for a
short time, some for much longer. Most children receive special
teaching and help in mainstream schools but a very small number of
children may require the very specialised teaching and extra
resources provided in special schools or units.