Special Educational Needs
At Harpenden Academy we pride ourselves on working closely with families who have children that have a Special Educational Need and/or Disability. We hope that Parents and Carers feel supported and that their children feel included in all areas of the curriculum. We like to work closely with families to make sure children have all their needs met and that reasonable adjustments are made to ensure that children make good progress and are being prepared for future learning and adventures.
If you need to discuss your child's learning and any possible Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Mrs Rochelle Cherry is the Inclusion Lead and can be contacted via the office on office@harpendenacademy.co.uk
Hapenden Academy School SEN Information Report
Equality and Information and Objectives Policy 2023
Supporting Pupils with Medial Conditions Policy
Access Audit
Parent and Carer Support
- Parents and Family Support | Hertfordshire County Council
- Parent support Spring leaflet
- Send_Code_of_Practice_January_2015
- Definition-special-educational-needs
- SLCN Quality Offer 19 June 2018
- Autism_Quality Offer Herts
- Hertfordshire-Quality-SEND-Offer
- Hertfordshire Local Offer and Resources for Parents and Carers
Harpenden Academy SEND Toolkit Census Summer 2023 - under construction
SEND Funding in Mainstream Banding Tool September 2021 
send-sas-targeted-services-offer (thegrid.org.uk)
Hertfordshire's Local Offer 
Local Offer Introduction video - YouTube
Hertfordshire SEND Quality Offer
Services for parents, carers and families (hertfordshire.gov.uk) On this page you can find all the different types of support that parents and carers of children and young people with SEND might be able to access, including information on support groups, mental health, parenting courses and how to access services such as SENDIASS Home (hertssendiass.org.uk)
If your child is too anxious to go to school (hertfordshire.gov.uk) This page is designed to help parents whose children’s attendance is low due to anxiety, and has advice on how to support them and where to go for help.
Contact a SEND service (hertfordshire.gov.uk) This page has contact details of the different SEND services, including details of Advice Line for EPs, the SLCA team, the SpLD team and others
New to SEND (hertfordshire.gov.uk) This page has information and advice for those whose children have just been diagnosed with SEND, or have suspected SEND
Information for Parents and Carers
- ADHD A Guide for Parents Booklet.pdf
- Stammering Advice.doc
- 3. Universally Speaking 5-11 Checklist Aug 14.pdf
- spld-dyscalculia-guidance-pdf-547kb.pdf
- spld-guidance-on-identifying-dyslexia-and-supporting-children-and-young-people.pdf
- Anxiety and autism.docx
- NHDSPL Autism in Girls Poster.pdf
- Dyspraxia classroom guidelines.pdf
- Dyspraxia Early-Years-Guidelines.pdf
Educational Psychology Information for Parents and Carers
