Found out my DS is on SEN register via email?

SENCO here. The school should have formally notified you when they put him on the register, in not doing so they have gone against the SEN Code of Practice. I would definitely ask for a meeting with the SENCO. School should also be keeping you updated/reviewing his one page profile with you 3 times a year. It's positive that they're being proactive, however it's really important that they go about it the right way by working with you as a parent!

@wafflesmgee
That's incorrect. Look up the delegated budget. Schools receive £6000 per child on the SEN register and then further funding when an EHCP is received, based on however much extra the local authority believe that child needs. I am a SENDCo and my responsibility includes deciding where that £6000 is spent for each child. For some, that will be access to a TA for some lessons, for others it might be purchasing equipment or resources, attending small group reading interventions etc. Staff cost a lot of money so much of the overall spending does tend to go on hiring TAs or an extra teacher who can then take them in smaller class groups to give them more attention.

Wow that's shocking OP, to just mention the possibility but not discuss it with you properly and then send an email like that. SENCO's at primary tend to be pretty shit IMO as often they're just teachers with an extra job to do. They're really NOT on the ball if they're not keeping you up to date with what's going on and what they suspect - you might have wanted to get a diagnosis started if you'd known that they were so certain that there was an issue.

I'd request a meeting with the SENCO asap.

Being on the SEN register can just mean he might need some extra support in lessons

children on this register don't receive extra funding until formal EHCP applications have been made and agreed, and this process can take years and will nearly always involve health care professionals / educational pshycologists who are officially allowed to diagnose any neurodivergence. Only THEN do children and schools receive funding. The phrase blood from a stone springs to mind.

Pupil profiles can also be for children who are on a SEN watch list, if you like, ie identified by school as needing extra support, but not yet enough time/evidence to take the process any further. This is good practise e.g. if you have a supply teacher there for a day they will have a class list and however many pupil profiles so can support children ASAP.

E.g. I have a child with a pupil profile who will not qualify for an EHCP or funding, who simply needs approx twice as long processing time.

I’d ask them why he’s on the register and then ask what additional support he’s getting, and why you weren’t advised he was being added to the register

@Smartiepants79 I assume at this school the IEP is called a one page profile. We don't call them IEP at my place either.

Does he have an IEP?
It’s a bit rubbish if they really didn’t tell you but children are in the Sen register for lots of reasons.

Children on the SEN register get extra funding and provisions made for them. If they've got him on the SEN register, I'd want to know what extra is he receiving to help him so you're on the same page at home. It's essentially just a list of children who need additional to or different from their peers. No diagnosis is needed to be on the SEN register either.

It's not great practice to find out over email like a surprise but I have emailed parents in the past to see if they've explored or had thoughts at home about their child having SEN - delivered more tactfully than that of course. I will admit schools are extremely stretched and finding time to meet or call is difficult. I can play cat and mouse trying to get hold of parents on the phone so in the end I send an email.

As above.

If they have spoken to you about the possibility of neurodivergence that would have flagged him up as having become known to the SEN team in some way and therefore likely enough to put them on the schools SEN register.

Not a bad thing. Sounds like you have an on the ball school

Does he get any support or intervention?