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Special needs & IEPs

The Special Needs app manages Individual Education Plans (IEPs): the goals, accommodations, review dates, responsible staff and progress tracking that support a student with additional learning needs.

Where to find it — App drawer → Special Needs → IEPs.

Building an IEP

An IEP is a living plan owned by the SENCO and shared, in part, with the student's teachers.

  1. Open Special Needs → IEPs and click New.
  2. Select the Student and record the Need profile – the diagnosis or assessment and its source.
  3. Add Goals: each goal is specific and measurable, with a baseline, a target and a target date.
  4. Add Accommodations: extra time, seating, assistive technology, modified assessments.
  5. Name the Responsible staff – SENCO, learning-support assistant and class teachers.
Individual Education Plan with goals, accommodations and review dates
An IEP with measurable goals, accommodations and a review schedule.

Reviews & progress tracking

An IEP is only useful if it is reviewed. EduPrime schedules reviews and tracks how each goal is progressing.

  1. Set a Review cycle – termly is common. EduPrime creates the scheduled review and reminds the responsible staff.
  2. At each review, rate each goal: not started, emerging, on track, achieved.
  3. Carry forward, revise or retire goals and record the decision.
IEP elementPurpose
GoalMeasurable target with a date
AccommodationAdjustment the school will provide
Responsible staffWho delivers and tracks it
ReviewScheduled check on progress

What teachers see

Class teachers see the accommodations for their students – the practical adjustments they must make – surfaced on the student profile and class list. Sensitive diagnostic detail stays with the SENCO. This lets teaching staff act on the plan without handling the full medical or psychological picture.

Tip — Link the IEP to assessment settings so that accommodations such as extra time are applied automatically when the student's exams are scheduled, rather than relying on each invigilator to remember.
Important — Parents are partners in an IEP. Share the plan and review outcomes with them through the portal and record their agreement – an IEP changed without consultation undermines the legal standing of the plan.
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