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SEND Update

posted 4 Oct 2011 14:26 by Pearls-training   [ updated 13 Mar 2012 15:51 ]
 
 The SEND Green Paper and beyond
 
The SEND Green Paper Next Steps is due to be published shortly. This is expected to build upon the Green Paper. It is now known that there will be no White Paper to follow.
 
A new National Helpline for parents, funded through the government, has been set up through Contact a Family and can be accessed here.
 
Coming Soon: 22nd June: SEND Green Paper Conference - Putting Policy into Practice, Central London,
 
The 31 SEND Green Paper pathfinders are:

South East:
SE (Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Medway, Surrey, West Sussex)
Southampton

South West:
Devon
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Wiltshire

London:
Greenwich
Bromley and Bexley
Lewisham

East of England:
Hertfordshire

East and West Midlands:
Northamptonshire and Leicestershire
Nottingham County Council
Solihull

North West:
Trafford
Oldham/Rochdale
Manchester
Wigan

North East:
Gateshead
Hartlepool and Darlington

Yorkshire and Humber:
Calderdale
North Yorkshire

for further information click here

They will trial:
  • Education, health and care plan
  • personalised budgets
  • improved commissioning
  • Role of Voluntary and community sector
  • cost of reform
 
Pupil Premium
The pupil premium is being doubled this year and is for disadvantaged pupils who would qualify for free school meals. Schools must demonstrate how they have used the money for improved achievement and narrowing the attainment gap next year.
 
Why not use the Pupil Premium innovatively for:
  • speech and language therapy intervention
  • educational psychology assessment
  •  intervention by a specialist teacher
  • occupational therapy input and support
  • music therapy or other specialist therapies
  • training of whole staff or support staff in areas to do with SEND e.g.  behavioural management, autism, speech, language and communication, mathematical or literacy interventions, movement and co-ordination groups intervention, out of school clubs, forest school visits...
 
National Funding Formula
The government are developing a national funding formula. There is to be an Education Funding Agency. The formula is designed to be fair and transparent.
 
  • There will be a basic amount for each pupil
  • additional per pupil funding for deprivation
  • additional funding for small schools
  • an adjustment for areas with higher labour costs
  • The LA will remain responsible for children with high needs SEN (where the costs exceed £10,000) and those in alternative provision
  • It is suggested that those children with low level needs will be funded through the school budget (those below £10,000)
  • it is unclear whether there will be additional devolved funding to meet the needs of the high incidence, low level needs
Ofsted Inspection Framework
There will be 4 judgements:
  • Achievement
  • the quality of teaching
  • behaviour and safety
  • leadership and management
There will be a focus on ensuring progress is monitored and evidence that the school has put measures into place to address underachievement. The school must also demonstrate that it can discriminate between low achievement versus SEN. Schools which are judged as Outstanding will only be inspected on a 5-yearly cycle, compared to those with Satisfaction which will be inspected more rigorously.
 
Teachers standards
 
From Sept. 2012 a teacher must:
 
}Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
}Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
}Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge
}Plan and teach well structured lessons
}Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils
}Make accurate and productive use of assessment
}Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
}Fulfill wider professional responsibilities
 
 
 
Please contact me if you want any further clarification regarding the many changes which are occurring within this coming year and beyond.
 
With best wishes,
Pearl
 
 
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