Support for children with special educational needs and disabilities Candy Holder Head of Pupil Services
What is SEND? • Some children and young people may need more help to learn and develop than children and young people of the same age. Some children and young people with SEN may also have a disability which may not affect their ability to learn but might stop them from being able to do certain day-to-day things. • Care must be taken to distinguish between ‘underachievement’ (which may be caused by a poor early experience of learning, or ‘gaps’ in learning) and special educational needs. • Children must not be regarded as having a learning difficulty solely because the language or form of language of their home is different from the language in which they will be taught.
Broad areas of need Social, Communication Cognition and Physical and Emotional and Learning Sensory Needs and Interaction Mental Health • Speech, language • Including • Withdrawn or • Vision impairment and moderate learning isolated, as well (VI), hearing communication difficulties (MLD), as challenging, impairment (HI) or needs (SLCN) severe learning disruptive or a multi-sensory difficulties (SLD) - disturbing impairment (MSI) • Autistic Spectrum through to behaviour. Condition, • A physical profound and including • Underlying mental disability (PD) multiple learning Asperger’s health difficulties requiring difficulties (PMLD) Syndrome and e.g. anxiety or additional ongoing Autism (ASC) • Specific learning depression, self- support and difficulties (SpLD) harming, eating equipment. disorders • disorders such as attention deficit or attachment disorder. • (SEMH)
Islington Local Offer
SEND Reforms - Children and Families Act 2014 • Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) replaced Statements of SEND • EHCPs to be ‘outcome’ focussed • SEND Support introduced to replace School Action / School Action Plus • Entitlement extended from age 2 – 16 to 0 – 25 • Timescales for completing assessments reduced from 26 to 20 weeks • A new requirement to publish a Local Offer to help families be better informed • A focus on improved multi-agency working and Joint Commissioning • More focus o transition and preparing for adulthood • The right to request a personal budget • The views of children and young people and their parents must be central to the assessment and planning process (individual ad strategic) a more person-centred approach
SEND Reforms - Children and Families Act 2014 • A new Code of Practice published in Jan 2015 set out parents rights to impartial information and advice, and expectations on LAs, health and providers (including schools) • All Statements of SEND to be converted to an EHCP by April 2018 • Running in parallel to the reforms, significant national changes to the way that SEND is funded introduced from April 2015 • New Ofsted / Care Quality Commission inspection of Local Areas effectiveness in identifying and meeting the needs of children with SEND introduced in April 2016� a five year cycle� Islington yet to be inspected under this new framework�
Strategic Priorities : Golden Thread to SEND Strategic Priorities : Golden Thread to SEND ‘Making Islington a Fairer Place’ ‘Making Islington a Fairer Place’ SEND Priorities Corporate Priorities Service Priorities SEND Strategy Islington Council Children’s Services Local Area Ten strategic priorities... ...to support better outcomes for Building a Fairer Islington Giving children the best Improving outcomes for children and young people with Making Islington the best place for start in life children with SEND SEND in Islington, shaped by the all young people to grow up: Giving children the best start in life Every child and young person with things they have told us: • Always keep children and young by: SEND in Islington will have the people safe and secure and • Improving outcomes through opportunity to; • All young people with SEND are reduce the number of children good and outstanding universal • Be happy, healthy, safe and well prepared for adulthood growing up in poverty services confident about their future • Improve SEND Support, • Make sure children get the best • Strengthening Early Support • Become successful, resilient achievement and progress, with a start in life • Supporting our most vulnerable adults who achieve their better understanding of SEND • Ensure our schools are places to be safe and thrive aspirations in all aspects of their across the Local Area where all young people can learn lives • Improve Social Emotional and and thrive • Live fulfilling lives in their Mental Health, with good mental communities Health Services health for children and young Health and Well-being Board Improving the health of people seen as the responsibility Supported by Islington Health and Well- Islington’s children and of everyone who works and lives Islington Early Help Strategy being Strategy in Islington young people Providing high quality, easily Reducing health inequalities and • High needs funding: a Improving the health and well-being accessible services so that families improving health and well-being by: sustainable financial strategy of children and young people in get the support they need when and • Ensuring every child has the best that supports early intervention Islington by: where they need it through: start in life and inclusion • Promoting good health • Joined up provision and • Preventing and managing long • Further developing pathways for • Making safe, coordinated and commissioning term conditions children and young people with affordable services available • Demonstrating impact • Improving mental health and Autism close to home well-being Transformation Plan for • Ensuring an integrated approach • Supporting children and young • Improving performance towards mental health and well-being people to be in control of their Fair Futures Commission meeting timescales for own health where possible • Promoting resilience, prevention A future for us completing assessments and early intervention • Equipping children with the skills • Young people’s voice • Improving access to support for life • Parent’s and young people’s • Improving care for the most • Preparing young people for work engagement vulnerable • Making Islington places child- • High quality advice and friendly information • Keeping young people safe
SEND Profile
SEND Profile: EHCP by need
SEND Profile: SEND Support by need
SEND Profile Gender Free School Meals Ethnicity % White British at SEND Support EHCPs Female % eligible for FSM % White British with without SEND EHCP Male % Black Caribbean at Support SEND Support SEND Female % eligible for FSM with SEND % Black Caribbean Male with EHCP 0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 0% 10%20%30%40%50% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% Islington England Islington England Islington England Looked After Children & SEND Type of School Children in Need & SEND 60.00% 70.00% 30.00% 60.00% 50.00% 50.00% 25.00% 40.00% 40.00% 20.00% 30.00% 30.00% 20.00% 15.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00% 10.00% 10.00% 5.00% 0.00% SEND EHCP EHCP for 0.00% Support SEMH SEND Support EHCP Islington Inner London England Islington England Islington England
High Level Outcomes Early Years Early Years Key Stage 4 Key Stage 2 Key Stage 2 Attainment RWM Attainment RWM GLD GLD Attainment 8 SEND Support EHCPs SEND Support EHCPs SEND Support 31% 9% 33% 13% 34.5 13 th /152 18 th /152 18 th /152 4 th /152 34 th /152 Key Stage 4 Key Stage 4 Key Stage 4 16-17yr olds %19 year olds Attainment 8 Progress 8 Progress 8 SEND Support with SEND in EHCPs SEND Support EHCPs at Level 3 EET 9.10 0.23 0.98 98.51% 45.8% 27 th /152 61 st /152 139 th /152 4 th /152 11 th /152
High Level Outcomes Absence – at SEND Support Absence – with EHCP 9.0% 9.0% 8.0% 8.0% 7.0% 7.0% 6.0% 6.0% 5.0% 5.0% 4.0% 4.0% 3.0% 3.0% 2.0% 2.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 Islington Inner London England Islington Inner London England Fixed period exclusion – SEND Support Fixed period exclusion – EHCP 18 16 16 14 14 12 12 10 10 8 8 6 6 4 4 2 2 0 0 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 SEND Support SEND Support EHCP EHCP
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