Visual Impairment Specific Audit - Best Endeavours and Reasonable Adjustments

Leicester City Council

The BERA Visual Impairment Audit is to be completed on an annual basis by each school, detailing the support provision for each individual child or young person who has or is felt to have a visual impairment.

The BERA Visual Impairment Audit and the Best Endeavours and Reasonable Adjustments Framework provide details of what schools must do to meet SEND needs and comply with their legal responsibilities under the SEND Code of Practice 2014, the Children and Families Act 2014 and the Equality Act 2010.

Where a child or young person with a diagnosed or suspected SEND need has other diagnosed or suspected SEND needs an audit will be completed for each need with which the child or young person presents.

Schools must also submit a Whole School Audit covering whole school SEND practice and an All-Needs Audit – covering action required to support all those with a SEND need, irrespective of type.

Schools will benefit from the accurate and detailed completion of these audits which provide a clear picture of where school is meeting needs and help identify areas where further work is required to fully meet the BERA requirements.

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The BERA Audit is therefore very much part of the ‘Assess, Plan, Do, Review’ cycle (graduated approach), that is an excellent way to plan SEND support in schools. It can also help identify progress, support staff allocations and training needs and support schools’ applications for Element 3 top-up funding. It has also already been used to support schools in successful OFSTED inspections.

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Appropriate training has been provided for all staff who are supporting the child or young person.	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.
All equipment and resources are maintained and kept in good working order.	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.
ICT policies and practices have been modified to consider the need for personalised accessibility settings.	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.
Time is allocated for a nominated member of staff to prepare modified resources in the setting.	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.
All distance learning resources are made accessible, for example: - A desk copy - Screen sharing app - Clearly presented (see 8) - Electronic copies of presentations sent to the child or young person before the lesson.	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.
Accessible resources are provided at the start of lessons.	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.
Use of hands on, practical experiences and real objects is made wherever possible.	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.
Resources that contain visual information, including homework, assessments and marking of work, are accessible: - Clear - Well contrasted - Non-cursive fonts - Presented in the appropriate font size - Devoid of visual clutter	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.
Children and Young People record their work using appropriate equipment/methods, for example: - Black pen - Non-cursive style - Word processor - Writing slope - Bold-lined stationery	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.
Access to electronic reading resources. e.g., RNIB Bookshare.	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.