SEND in Primary Maths Audit

SEND in Primary Maths Audit | Maths Lead & SENCO Toolkit

A detailed SEND in Primary Maths Audit designed to help Maths Leads and SENCOs evaluate whether pupils with SEND are receiving ambitious, accessible and appropriately adapted mathematics teaching.

This is not a generic SEND checklist.

The audit focuses specifically on the intersection between SEND, adaptive teaching and primary mathematics — helping leaders move beyond labels and identify the actual barriers affecting mathematical learning.

Audit areas include:

• Curriculum ambition and entitlement
• Identifying precise barriers to mathematical learning
• Adaptive teaching
• Mathematical representations and manipulatives
• Language and communication
• Cognition and working memory
• Attention and executive functioning
• Adult support and independence
• Assessment
• Intervention and transfer
• Pupil and family voice
• Leadership and impact

Also included:

• Barrier → Adaptation Planning Matrix
• SEND Maths Pupil Voice Tool
• 90-Day Improvement Plan
• RAG-rated audit framework
• Evidence and action-planning sections

The audit supports leaders in considering barriers such as working memory, processing, mathematical vocabulary, attention, communication, fine-motor demands and sensory/physical access.

A central principle runs throughout the resource:

Adapt the barrier — not automatically the mathematical ambition.

Ideal for:

• Maths Subject Leaders
• SENCOs
• Inclusion Leads
• Assistant/Deputy Headteachers
• SEND reviews
• Maths deep dives
• School improvement work
• Governor monitoring
• Joint SENCO/Maths Lead monitoring

An ideal standalone audit or companion to the Complete Primary Maths Subject Leader Toolkit.

Practical Resources. Real Impact.

The Practical Primary Leader