City of York Early Years Inclusion Fund
Targeted Support
A small amount of additional funding is available to *support children from two years old with
disabilities or additional needs who do not have an Education, Health & Care Plan (EHCP), until they
attend Reception Class in school
* Support through additional staffing, it is unlikely that we will be able to fund resources.
Priority will be given to those children with ‘high needs–low incidence’ although support for children
with ‘ high incidence–low needs’ will also be considered if they are meeting the descriptors of SEN
Banding Threshold Level 2 and above.
Age of Children
Children identified with SEND from 2 to 5 years old in receipt of the Free Early Years Entitlement who
are attending early years settings (PVI or maintained nurseries or childminders but not reception class
in school) in York
Procedures
Evidence of need and the level of additional support required should be provided with each request
for funding for additional support including:
i)
Evidence of need in at least two categories as follows:
 Cognition and learning
 Communication & interaction
 Social, emotional and mental health
 Sensory and/or physical difficulties
ii) A copy of the child’s My Support Plan (MSP), or selected pages from the MSP for lower level
needs, should be completed as the main evidence of the child’s SEND. This document represents
the views of the child and family and all practitioners involved with the child. The MSP includes :
a) assessment of the children’s development as recorded on the EYFS areas of learning and
development and/or on an Early Support Developmental Journal (ESDJ) and any
developmental measures or assessment tools recorded by specialists or support services.
b) tracking the child’s development on the EYFS or ESDJ or similar over time.
c) evidence of the interventions/actions by the Early Years Practitioners to meet the child’s needs
to date, including completed My Agreed Outcomes (MAO) that have been evaluated;
arrangements made during group and individual activities to facilitate the child’s learning and
inclusion.
iii) Reports from the professional/support services involved should also be attached e.g. Portage,
Specialist Early Years Teacher (SEN), Specialist Teachers (e.g. VI, HI, Physical/medical, Autism),
Speech & Language Therapist (SALT), Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Educational
Psychologist, etc. if their views are not included within the MSP.
iv) However a full My Support Plan will only now be required for children with high needs-low
incidence (many of who are likely to go on the require an EHCP) and require a higher level of
adult support funded by the EYIF for 8 hours or above, or more than 50% of the time attending
the setting. A Coordinated SEN Support Plan (a reduced MSP) will be required for children
with lower needs-high incidence who require 7½ hours or less, or less than 50% of the time the
child is attending the setting, for additional adult support from the EYIF.
 All applications will be considered by the EYIF panel and funding will normally be awarded
for one term initially but may be continued based on the review/progress reports submitted.
Return completed forms to: Christine Clarke / Ruth Sharp. Specialist EY Support Team, C/O West Offices,
Station Rise, York, YO1 6GA or email: seyst@york.gov.uk.
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Report from Early Years Setting for Child with Additional Needs requiring
Additional Adult Support
Name of Child:
Date of Birth:
Name of Early Years Setting:
Number of days/hours attending:
MON
TUES
WED
THUR
FRI
Please show weekly attendance pattern
Name of SENCO:
Specify precisely, but briefly, how you have met the child’s additional needs to date:
(e.g. plans for child’s entry to nursery, special arrangements, advice sought and actions taken to
assess and meet the child’s needs)
* Attach copies of My Agreed Outcomes (MAOs) (previously IEPS) set and evaluated
* Attach copies of My Support Plan (MSP) or Coordinated SEN Support Plan (a reduced MSP for those
children requiring a lower level of additional support) including EYFS/ESDJ Tracking of Development
Specify how the inclusion funding will be used to support the child:
Please indicate the number of hours of additional adult 1:1 support requested
hrs/ wk.
List of Reports from Support Services attached:
__________________________________________________________________________
Form Completed by: ____________________________ Job Title ______________________
Signature: ____________________________________ Date:________________________
* Countersigned by: _____________________________ Date: ________________________
Job Title: ______________________________________
* Parent’s signature: _______________________________Date: _______________________
* All requests must be discussed with parents/carers and at least one of the support services, who should
countersign the request for additional support form. One of the ELL or EYA may counter-sign the form if
the support service professional is unavailable.
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Termly Review Report of Inclusion Funding
A copy of the child’s MSP MUST be included with this termly review
Name of Child:
Date of Birth:
Name of Early Years Setting:
Number of days/hours attending:
MON
TUES
WED
THUR
FRI
Please show weekly attendance pattern
Name of SENCO:
Date additional support agreed to
by panel and number of hours:
Date additional support started:
Brief but specific description of how inclusion funding has been spent to support the child:
Summary of the child’s progress and impact of the additional support:
* (include completed & evaluated MAOs and tracking on EYFS/ESDJ as part of the MSP)*
Please indicate with a tick √ what you are requesting for the following term and how many hours:
Child is no longer eligible for funding
EYIF to continue
EYIF to increase
hrs
hrs
* Attach a copy of (recent evaluated MAO) (Current and Previous) EYFS/ESDJ Tracking of Development
(baseline & termly reviews) and a copy of their MSP or Coordinated SEN Support Plan (a reduced MSP for
those children requiring a lower level of additional adult support)
Signed by: _____________________________________________ (SENCO)
_____________________________________________ (Parent/Carer)
Email forms to: seyst@york.gov.uk.
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