The SEND framework contains information to support you in implementing the assess, plan, do, review cycle in your setting. Access resources, training and specialist support within each broad area of need to support your staff in meeting the needs of children and young people with SEND.
Use the SEND Indicators Tool to help you identify detailed information about a child's progress and needs. This is a strength-based tool to help you identify next steps in learning and development. This process should be completed first. The documents below can then help you plan and implement provisions to meet those needs
Oxfordshire’s Ordinarily Available SEND Provision
Ordinarily available SEND provision provides guidance on the provision that mainstream schools need to make for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities in Oxfordshire.
Inclusive Support Series
Use the strengths-based Inclusive Support Series to help you to implement provision and reasonable adjustments for children and young people with SEND. They can be used to facilitate conversations with class teachers about a specific pupil(s) and to develop inclusive practice.
The SENDCO Helpdesk
The team of Specialist SENDCos and Specialist Early Years advisors are on hand to provide working SENDCos with strategies, signposting, early intervention guidance and universal support for primary age/stage and early years children. The team can support with concerns at an individual or whole school/setting level, either by email, phone or TEAMS Meeting.
Education, health and care needs assessments
- Education, Health and Care needs assessment (EHCNA) and additional funding | Oxfordshire Schools
- Guidance for settings on EHCNA requests (pdf format, 256 KB)
Person-centred planning
Annual reviews
School SEN information report
As part of the Local Offer requirements all maintained schools and academies must publish an annual information report on their website from September 2014. It must be updated at least annually. Oxfordshire has produced a template and ideas of what to include in the information report which can be found on the link above.
The Code of Practice (June 2014) extract (pdf format, 144 KB) details what must be included in the SEN information report. Schools are able to set this out in any way they choose, but the information provided must be easily accessible by parents and young people and written in clear, straightforward language.
Training
All training courses can be found and applied for via the education services platform. The SEND Framework also contains information in the DO section about training options within each specific needs.
A summary of training courses for specific roles and broad areas of need can be found here.
Induction, training, development for support staff materials can be found Training and development for support staff
Guidance
- Attention deficit and hyperactive disorder (ADHD) protocol
- Review and update currently in progress
- GuidanceonEducatingChildrenwithanEHCPlanOutofYearGroupinMainstreamSchools.docx
- Oxfordshire Literacy Difficulties
- Personal care policy document (pdf format, 1.3 MB)
Early years
- Guidance for Early Years SEN Support (pdf format, 247 KB)
- Early Years SEN Support and Outcomes Plan (docx format, 22 KB)
- Early Years SEN Support Review (docx format, 22 KB)
- EYFS Progress Monitoring (docx format, 28 KB)
- Early Years SEN - Applying for Inclusion Funding (pdf format, KB)
Early Years Funding
- SEN funding for early years providers, schools and colleges (pdf format, 157 KB)
- Guidance for settings and schools on applying for additional funding (pdf format, 70 KB)
- Additional funding application form (settings and primary schools) (docx format, 202 KB)
- Additional funding application form - Renewal (docx format, 73 KB)
- Early Years SEN Support: Application for additional funding (docx format, 89 KB)
- Guidance on Early Years SEN Requests for Additional Funding (pdf format, 707 KB)
- Early Years SEN Support: Renewal Application for Additional Funding (docx format, 73 KB)