Key documents

Essential resources and documents for SENDCOs.

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

Person-centred planning

‘All About Me’ person-centred planning guidance (pdf format, 378 KB)

Annual reviews

Education and Health Care Plans (EHCPs) | Oxfordshire Schools

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 

Early years

Early Years Funding

Education, health and care plans

Person-centred planning

‘All About Me’ person-centred planning guidance (pdf format, 378 KB)

Requesting an EHC Needs Assessment

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. School SEN Information Report skeleton (doc format, 23 KB)

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 eBooking system; search for the course by topic e.g. SEN or INSET

Student-facing Support Staff (SfSS) induction

Following Oxfordshire’s self-evaluation summary around workforce development and early intervention, Student-facing Support Staff and School leaders were surveyed to understand the recruitment and retention issues that schools face.

The Student-facing Support Staff (SfSS) documents and accompanying induction pack were created to support ongoing professional development.

Strategy policy and guidance

Examples of inter-authority SEN top-up funding guidance packs