Inclusive Provision SEND

At Pear Tree Infant School and Nursery, we are committed to offering an inclusive curriculum to ensure the best possible provision for vulnerable children. 

In recognition of our quality first provision we have been accredited with the SEND inclusion award.

Sensory Room
Pear Tree Infant School

We are very lucky to have received a £10K installation in our bespoke sensory room at Pear Tree Infants. This has been designed with the children’s needs in mind, and provides a safe space for letting off steam, meeting sensory processing needs, as well as calming and relaxing. The sensory room includes a warm water bed, soft padding to walls and floor, an interactive LED light tube, fibre optic harness, colour changing cause and effect cube, integrated music system, ceiling mirror and stars, wall projector, and spinning glitter ball. The facility has been kindly funded by the children’s charities Variety, and Lifeline4Kids.  

Sensory Room
Nursery

Children at Nursery use the sensory room as regulation space to meet their sensory processing needs.  Children are able to relax in a quiet and cosy space, spin on the whizzy dizzy, look at books about their interests, interact with "cause and effect" toys, watch the lights, "chill out" under a weighted blanket, and turn the bubble tubes.  Children also have the opportunity to complete a daily sensory circuit where they engage with alerting, organising and calming activities so that they feel ready to learn in the main nursery room.

Derby City Council Local Offer

What is the Local Offer?

Derby’s SEND Local Offer is an online, one stop shop for parents and young people to find out about the services and support on offer to children and young people from birth to 25 who have special educational needs and/or Disabilities.

(SEND) in the city. Derby City Council, along with all other local authorities, are required to publish information about services they expect to be available in their area.

Derby City’s Local Offer is available here: www.derby.gov.uk/sendlocaloffer . It tells parents how to access services and support in Derby City and what to expect from these services, including details of Higher Needs Funding and Education and Health Care Plans.   

• Derby City Council's Local Offer for SEND
  This is a link to the webpage for Derby City's Council's Local Offer for SEND

• Derby SEND Information Advice and Support Service
  This is a link to the Derby SENDIASS webpage

• Derby Umbrella Charity
  This is a link to the webpage for Derby Umbrella: a charity offering free support for children, young people, and families with SEND

• Specialist Teaching and Educational Psychology Service (STePS)
  This is a link to the webpage for Derby City STePS. There is a handbook and leaflets for parents about the role of each team.