Creating SEND Resource Provision at Dial Park Primary School - March 2026

Dial Park Primary School is a popular 1.5 form of entry primary school situated in Offerton. It has an excellent track record of working with and meeting the needs of children with SEND.

The school is part of the Four Rivers MAT and works closely with the Council to support learners with SEND, schools with developing practice to support inclusion and has a clear ambition to become a centre of excellence with SEND which would enable it to ensure all children, regardless of need, can reach their full potential and meet or exceed expected standards by the time they transition to secondary school. Dial Park currently holds the Inclusion Quality mark with Ambassador status and when previously inspected by OFSTED, it was highlighted that the school practice showed strength in promoting inclusion for all children regardless of need.

The Four Rivers Trust is made up of a group of schools that promote the philosophy of and offer a universal approach to learning within its special, resourced and mainstream capacity.

Dial Park’s ability to further meet the needs of children with SEND is limited by available resources and physical space within the building. There is a number of options available to the Council to create this required space including repurposing existing accommodation or creating new accommodation.

The proposal is to create a resource provision on site which will allow the school to admit up to 24 pupils with specific and complex needs and create specialised facilities that will allow the school to meet the needs of both the above pupils and all other pupils.

A Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) is a provision within a minstream school where specific places are reserved for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). These pupils generally spend around 50% of their time taught within the mainstream classes, however they do not take up a mainstream school place.  

A resource provision is designed to enhance the inclusion of children with SEND in to mainstream schools and allow them to reach their full potential. It allows the school to promote inclusion and community cohesion while offering SEND pupils the ability to transition to a full mainstream curriculum where appropriate. This provision benefits both SEND and mainstream pupils as the school will have improved facilities and staff with experience in dealing with complex educational and social, emotional and mental health needs.