Leicestershire County Council - SEND Reform
Key areas of information schools requested
regarding Leicestershire’s implementation
of SEND reform
• What will the co-ordinated assessment process to write the EHC
Plan look like in Leicestershire?
(http://www.leics.gov.uk/send_assessment.pdf)
Emailed diagram ?
What will SENCO and parents role be in the process?
How will SENA ‘listen to parents’ and ‘talk to education
provider’?
Principles
• Tell us once - use existing information
• Parent/young person voice - one page profile
• Empowering practitioners - SEND support plan
• On going and live process
• Person centred planning and personalisation at all stages
• Outcome focused
• Team around child and multi-agency working to become
more co-ordinated
• Consultation and meeting offer during EHCP assessment
• Local Offer
• Each council must develop a ‘local offer’ – in Leicestershire,
this is a new website containing information about all the care
and support services available across Education Health
Social Care
http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/children_families/family/local_offer.htm
• It also includes national and regional services and support
What we want to achieve
How was Local Offer designed
1. Local offer working group
2. Leicestershire voice testing versions of Local Offer
3. Amalgamation of existing SEND service information across Education, Health
and Care and Family Information Service
What Next
1. Redesign to fulfil parent/carers aspirations
2. Part of Council’s redevelopment of Advice and Information
3. SENDirect Pilot
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For Early Years’ settings,
schools & FE Colleges:
• This is a resource to help settings support parents, carers and young
people
• We would encourage settings to have internet enabled PC or tablet
accessible for parents and young people
• Co-operate with the local authority in developing the local offer
• Complete template for October half term at
http://www.leics.gov.uk/local_offer_template_editable.pdf
• Email alison.barnes@leics.gov.uk link to your school’s template
• Template fulfils Regulation 3 SEND (Information) Regulation
Next Steps for Early Years settings,
Schools and FE Colleges
1. Should be reviewed annually
2. Review should involve parents/carers and young
people
3. Content should reflect guidance set out in Appendix
A.
http://www.leics.gov.uk/send_resources_bulletins.htm
Key personnel in LA for SEND reform
Children and Families:
Gill Weston, Assistant Director, Education & Learning
Chris Bristow, Interim Head of Strategy SEND
Kerrie Scraton, Head of Strategy, Social Care
Rebecca Miles, Project Manager, SEND Reform
Adults and Communities:
Heather Pick, Assistant Director, Personal Care & Support
Tracey Burton, Head of Service, Personal Care & Support
Public Health:
Rob Howard, Public Health consultant
Jane Roberts, Senior Public Health Manager
How can schools be kept informed?
http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/children_familie
s/family/send/send_resources_bulletins.htm
Queries?
sendqueries@leics.gov.uk
How has the SEND Reform Grant been used
Reform Grant
£1,143,021 (2014-2018)
Project Team £369,418
ICT requirements £106,500
Training & development £137,324
Conversion capacity
£155,217
Engagement with children,
young people, parents, carers
£131,250
Uncommitted £253,315
Local offer to set out what element 1 and 2 funding to
be used for
• Work underway with Early Years, schools and FE
Colleges
• Due to be completed January 2015
What information has been sent to parents?
• Series of letters and updates
• http://www.leics.gov.uk/send_assessment.pdf
• Meetings with Leicester Voice
• Early Years settings, schools and FE are in discussions
now with families and young people
Education personal budget eligibility criteria:
• School Forum authorised work on this with Head
Teachers and Forum representation
• Education personal budget to identify and include other
services e.g. Specialist Teaching Services
• This will become part of top up/element 3 funding
• Pilot SEN transport in Spring 2015
Monitoring of element 3 funding
• Part of contract being issued to schools and colleges
Impact of funding on children/young people?
• LA extending dataset to track and monitor
• Include equality/attainment gap
• Outcome focus based on preparing for adulthood
- Employment
- Relationships
- Independence
- Healthy
- Safe
Questions