In the last 12 months has the early identification of needs increasingly been undertaken for children either by Health Visitors and or Early Years’ settings, and children are coming to your school with their needs already identified, and there have been plans in place to inform the child’s transition arrangements?
In the last 12 months, in your experience, are the GCC Inclusion Service, GCC Educational Psychology Service and the GCC Advisory Teaching Service accessible, and supporting your school to increasingly identify needs earlier?
In the last 12 months are Health services, such as Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists or any other health professionals, supporting your school to increasingly identify children’s needs earlier?
In the last 12 months are GCC Early Help and Social Care services supporting your school to meet the holistic needs of your children with SEN in your school?
In the last 12 months has the statutory timeliness (20 weeks) for the completion of Education, Health Care Needs Assessments (EHCNAs) improved for children in your school where there has been an assessment application made by the school?
In the last 12 months have Education, Health and Care plans issued for children in your school had the Social Care and Health needs of the child included, or alternatively has information been included on where and how support can be accessed if needed?
In the last 12 months has the timeliness of decision making following an Annual Review meeting improved and an amended final plan provided in a timely way for children in your school?
Are you aware of the Annual Review Toolkit? Has the Annual Review Toolkit supported your school to hold effective Annual Reviews and enable relevant professional to attend, and ensuring children and families’ views are included?
In the last 12 months have you been provided with information about which children’s Annual Reviews are due, which has assisted you in termly planning of reviews and enabling you to return them to the local authority within the required 2 weeks?
In the last 12 months are the transitions for children in your school increasingly informed and supported by the range of professionals where they are needed?
In the last 12 months has the range of communication coming out from members of the SEND Local Area Partnership (Education, Social Care, Health providers) meaning you feel informed about Local Area improvement activity across the local area partnership?
In the last 12 months have you, or others in your school, played an active part in supporting communication through ensuring the ‘Families in Partnership’ publication is made available to families and communicated to staff within your education setting and that you are aware of an actively promoting and using the Local Offer?
Local offer link
Families in partnership link
In the last 12 months have you referred or directed any parents or carers to the support available through SENDIASS (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Service) and /or the Gloucestershire Parent Carer Forum?
SENIASS link
PCF link
