Bevendean Primary and Nursery School

Bevendean Primary and Nursery School is an inclusive school in the east of Brighton. We aim to be a school where everyone can achieve and thrive.

Bevendean Primary houses the local authority facility for deaf and hearing-impaired primary pupils. Our school provides a very advanced acoustic environment, which includes sound field systems in the majority of classrooms and the hall.

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Specialist services and expertise

• BHISS - Brighton & Hove Inclusion Support Service, which includes:
  • educational psychologists
  • family support workers
  • primary mental health workers
  • specialist SEN teachers
  • specialist SEN practitioners
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech and Language
• Every Child a Reader (ECaR)
• Every Child a Counter (ECC)
• Learning Mentor Team
• Brighton and Hove Pupil Referral Unit
• Communication Champions
• Physiotherapy
• Dialogue - School Counselling Service Learning Mentor
• Play Therapist
• School Nurse Team
• Social Services
• Seaside View Child Development Centre
• Physiotherapy
• Outreach for children with Cerebral Palsy

The school also uses the local authority facility for deaf and hearing-impaired children.

Staff training has included:

• speech, language and communication
• dyslexia
• behaviour management
• Talk Boost
• Child Protection
• Mastery Curriculum
• 1st Class at Number
• Every Child a Reader
• Every Child a Counter
• sensory processing
• British Sign Language
• Social Stories
• supporting children with autism

Find more information in the Bevendean Primary and Nursery School SEND policy.

Ofsted report

Go to the Ofsted website to view the Bevendean Primary and Nursery School Ofsted report.