Inclusion Task Force

Assessment of Needs

Graduated approach

• Early identification of needs and the graduated approach: 11 min SENCO training video
• SEN support/Graduated Approach flowchart: One page visual description
• Animation - SEN support, a Graduated Approach: Short animation to introduce basic principals

Sheffield Support Grid (SSG)

• SSG flowchart: One page visual description of the Sheffield Support Grid
• Sheffield Support Grid Exemplification (SSGe): A guide for schools, parents and other agencies to support a graduated approach to identifying a pupil’s Special Educational Needs, with guidance and support on how to meet them
• Sheffield Support Grid Exemplification Levelling and Guidance: A guide to using the SSGe and how schools report data relating to it
• Sheffield Support Grid Post 16: A guide for schools, parents and other agencies to support a graduated approach to identifying a post-16 pupil’s Special Educational Needs, with guidance and support on how to meet them
• Sheffield Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) Support Grid - Early Years: A guide for schools, parents and other agencies to support a graduated approach to identifying Early Years learners’ Special Educational Needs, with guidance and support on how to meet them
• Using the Early Years Sheffield Support Grid: Guidance for practitioners
• Sheffield Support Grid: A guide for parents

Areas of need and K code

• ‘SEN Support and K Code’ guidance: This offers clarification to schools on how children with SEN are identified, including linkage with Sheffield Support Grid levels.
• SEND defining areas of need guidance

Learner Profile, Support Plans & MyPlans

• MyPlan: 7 min SENCO training video
• Flowchart – MyPlan: A one page visual description of MyPlans
• Animation – MyPlans: Short animation

Templates

• MyPlan template: Template document for downloading and completion
• MyPlan template guidance notes: Describes how the MyPlan template should be completed
• Learner Profile template
• SEND Support Plan template

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Education, Health and Care Plans (EHC Plans)

• Animation – EHC Plans: Short animation
• EHC Plans: 5 min SENCO training video

EHC Needs assessments

• Flowchart - EHC Assessment: A one page visual description of the EHC needs assessment and request to assess process
• Sheffield EHC Plan Template: Template document for downloading and completion
• Education Health and Care Plans - statutory processes: Detailed guidance for education providers about the 20 week EHC Plan process and what they, and the local authority, needs to do and when

EHC Plan Annual Reviews

• EHC Plans – Annual reviews: 6.5 min SENCO training video
• Education Health and Care Plans - Annual reviews statutory processes
• Flowchart - ECH Plan annual reviews: A one page visual description of EHC Plan annual review
• EHC Plan Annual Review template: Template document for downloading and completion
• EHC Plan Annual Review template - guidance notes: Describes how the annual review paperwork should be completed

Contributing to EHC Needs Assessment and/or Annual Review

• EHC1c form: Template for advice provided by social care or early intervention professionals to contribute toward an EHC assessment or Annual Review
• EHC1e form: Template for advice provided by educational professional to contribute toward an EHC assessment or Annual Review
• EHC1h form: Template for advice provided by a health professional to contribute toward an EHC assessment or Annual Review
• EHC1p form: Form used by children and families to provide information for an Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment if they want to provide extra to that already included in child’s MyPlan

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SEND Support

• Pathways to Council and Health SEND services: A summary of the Council-run education and social care services, and health services - and how to access them
• School workforce to support other schools with SEND: Details of Lead SENCOs, SLEs with SEND specialism and teaching schools for SEND
• SCC Locality Advisory Service Allocations - Sept 2019: Details of the teams and staff names working in the different localities and across post-16 and early years

Locality processes

• These have been designed to support schools and SENCOs with children and young people with more complex needs:
  • Locality SEND Processes - Consultation, MyPlan QA and Panel: Details of what happens at each stage of the process
  • Locality SEND Processes - Stage 1 Consultation form
  • Locality SEND Processes - Stage 1 MyPlan QA checklist
  • Locality SEND Processes - Stage 2, Panel meeting template (Dec 2019)

Inclusive practice

• Early identification of needs and the graduated approach: 11 min SENCO training video
• Guidance about how children not accessing full-time education should be supported
• Admissions Guidance and Good Practice
• Guidance for Inclusion staff on Reduced Timetables
  • Alternatives to a reduced timetable Appendix 1
  • Reduced Timetable Contract Appendix 2
• SEND Code of Practice - January 2015
• Making it Happen training
• Outcomes and Steps towards

Post-16 & preparation for adulthood

• Flowchart – Preparing for adulthood: A one page visual description

Early Years

• Flowchart – Early Years Partnership Process: Description of how different organisations can work together to assess and meet special educational needs