Global development delay in children (FOI)

​​Request

A

How many children have a "global development delay" as a percentage of total students in each year group in each secondary school?

B

Please provide a link to the the law or guidance to parents and guardians for students with significant global delay and advice on school selection.

C

Can a Key stage 4 chronically aged student who operates developmentally as a Key Stage 1 student be accepted into mainstream secondary State schools?

D

If the answwer to C is a ​yes, what alternative curriculum is provided, given that a student chronically ages at key stage 4 would not be able to achieve is developmentally at key stage 1 or 2?

Response

A

The Government of Jersey does not use the categorisation of global development delay.

For further details of the Code of Practice please see the link below:

Jersey COP 2017 (gov.je)

B

If children and young people are identified as requiring arrangements for their learning that may require specialist support or placement, the Special Educational Needs (SEN) team will discuss this with parents and the school’s admissions team, and placements are allocated as appropriate. For further information about support for children and young people with SEN in Jersey please follow the link below:

Support for children with special educational needs (gov.je)​

C

Key stage 4 students who operate developmentally as a Key Stage 1 student, can be accepted into mainstream secondary Government of Jersey schools.

D

Pupils would have access to the arrangements of the Additionally Resourced Provision where their curriculum will be developed around their individual needs.