The Key for School Leaders
Supporting pupils with SEN
Safeguarding pupils with SEN
We relay guidance on schools’ child protection duties regarding pupils with SEN or
disabiliites. You will find information on identifying abuse or neglect and expert advice on
including pupils with SEN or disabilities in safeguarding procedures.
This booklet features
Schools’ duties
a selection of articles
we’ve written in
response to school
leaders’ questions.
Keeping Children Safe in Education, the statutory
safeguarding guidance from the Department for
Education (DfE), says on page 21:
act on concerns in relation to disabled children,
because of a number of factors, which they may
not be consciously aware of.
It says these may include:
Thousands of up-
to-date articles are
currently available
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