Transcript Welcome to the SEND Project Forum 30th January 2014

Early Years SENCO Network meeting
Wednesday 7th May 2014
SEND Reforms
Key drivers for change
• Outcomes for young people with SEND
• Bureaucratic barriers
• Young people and their families are not always
central to the process
• Transition arrangements
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New statutory responsibilities & powers for LAs
• Joint commissioning - LAs, health and care services to commission
services jointly
• Consult children, young people and their parents and cooperate with
a range of providers to deliver the new system
• Work with local partners, parents and young people to co-produce
and publish a Local Offer of SEN services
• More streamlined assessment process
• New 0-25 Education, Health and Care Plan
• A new duty on health commissioners to deliver the health elements
of EHC plans
• Option of a personal budget
• New statutory protections for young people aged 16-25 in FE
• A stronger focus on preparing for adulthood
• Academies, Free Schools, Further Education and Sixth Form colleges
to have the same SEN duties as maintained schools
National updates
Children and Families Act
Royal Assent granted 13th March
• Scope of Bill extended – includes all disabled children
and young people
• Require health or social care provision which “educates or
trains” to be treated as special educational provision
• Young people aged 19 to 24 - LAs to consider whether
the young person requires additional time for
education/training. Allows for education element of the
EHC plan to cease dependent on best interests of the
young person
• New duties on home LAs for children and young people in
custody
National updates
• October 2013 Draft (SEND) Code of Practice issued Government debate the regulations and the CoP after Easter.
• April 2014- final draft CoP issued- consultation process ends 6th
May 2014- has provided more detail, but the focus still remains on
a person centred approach and outcomes
• Final CoP may be as late as June
• Pathfinder programme launched in Sept 2011 – run until March
2015 - 31 LAs - Wiltshire was Swindon’s Pathfinder Champion.
• In 2014-15, all local authorities will receive financial support to
implement the reforms through the SEN Reform Grant.
• The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) will ensure that a range
of organisations provide this totally independent help, overseeing
the recruitment and training of the independent supporters around 12 per area - in time for the implementation of our
comprehensive SEND reforms.
• A new £30 million fund will allow families to access help and
support from more than 1,800 fully-trained champions across the
country.
Outcomes 2013
Key Stage 2 2013
All Pupils
School Act
School Act Plus
Statemented
Headline
LA
Nat
LA
Nat
LA
Nat
LA
Nat
KS2 L4+ in Reading
62%
68%
66%
55%
28%
27%
86%
86%
KS2 L4+ in Writing
44%
58%
43%
41%
24%
18%
83%
84%
KS2 L4+ in Maths
61%
66%
57%
54%
27%
25%
84%
85%
Expected Progress Rea
79%
82%
81%
75%
53%
47%
86%
88%
Expected Progress Wri
83%
85%
87%
81%
61%
51%
92%
92%
Expected Progress Mat
76%
79%
79%
74%
54%
47%
87%
88%
Outcomes 2013
Key Stage 4 2013
All Pupils
School Act
School Act Plus
Statemented
Headline
LA
Nat
LA
Nat
LA
Nat
LA
Nat
5+ A*-C inc Eng & Mat
41%
29%
23%
23%
7%
10%
56%
61%
Expected Progress Eng
56%
52%
49%
41%
24%
25%
68%
70%
Expected Progress Mat
59%
48%
40%
37%
14%
22%
65%
71%
The SEND Reforms in Swindon …the journey so far
• SEND Project Board
• Pathfinder Champion – new learning for everyone
• Joint commissioning contracts are in place
• SEND Project Forum meetings
• Good engagement with Parent and Carers Group
• Regular newsletters
• Focus groups and Stakeholder groups
• Case studies
• STEP working with young people to hear their voice
• Auditing current practice – identifying service gaps
• SEND Champions
Key workstreams:
• Transitions
• Developing the EHC plan and a coordinated approach
• Development of 0 -25 services
• The Local Offer
• These workstreams are integral to other key projects
Links to wider projects
Adult Demand Programme:
• Advice & Information Project – new
website and information hub
• Housing & Support
• Commissioning for employment
• Voluntary Sector commissioning
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Links to other SEND work areas
• Education, Health & Care Plans/Early
Help record/ Strengthening Families:
Single Assessment/Early Help Record
& Cost and Placements
• Local Offer – Post -16 provision
• Joint Commissioning
• 0-25 service provision
• Transitions in health services
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Development of the Education,
Health and Care Plan
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Education, health & care
assessment and plan
Clauses 36-47 of the Bill
• EHC Plans replace statements of SEN
- Threshold for assessment the same
- Threshold for plan the same
• EHC Plans extent to FE and training
- Replaces the 139a/LDA
- Could continue in an apprenticeship or if NEET
• Duty to secure the educational provision set out in the EHCP
same as in statement of SEN
• There will be enforceable elements of health and social care
that must be recorded in EHC Plans
• Right of appeal remain the same but will include FE
Final Draft Code of Practice
• Legal duties further clarified for LAs, health and schools
• Particularly in relation to the distinction between statutory
and non-statutory duties
• Inclusion of disabled children within the code
• More detail about 16-25 arrangements
• More information about complaints
• More focus on involving parents in wider commissioning
arrangements through the local offer
• New structure to the document
• Mental Capacity Act (for those over 16)
Final Draft Code of Practice
“Whilst we may now be a short consultation period the core
principles contained within the current document will not
change so professionals can begin their preparations for the new
Code in earnest.” Nasen
Consultation closes 5pm Tuesday 6th May 2014
Education, health & care
assessment and plan
Key Issues still to be settled in the Code
• Stronger duties on social care and health to
deliver the provision set out in EHC Plans
• A single point of appeal for parents and young
people in relation to EHC Plans
• Details regarding children and young people
with SEND in custody (the EHCP will continue
where the statement ceases) April 2015
Transition Arrangements
Changing from a Statement to an education, health and care
plan:
• The government will set out regulations on
the process for converting statements to EHC
Plans (probably over 3 years but up to 4)
• This will probably happen at Annual Review
during a key stage transfer
• Certain year groups will be prioritised (e.g. Y6
and Y11)
Statutory Assessment Process what is different?
Source: Thematic Report the EHCP Planning Pathway
What is different in Swindon’s
Statutory Assessment process?
• Early Help Record and Plan- underpinning the statutory
assessment process and will be used as the non-statutory EHC Plan
• Local Offer meeting- Use of collaborative problem solving to
support families in how the child/young person’s needs could be met
though the provision/services set out in the Local Offer
• TAC meetings during the assessment- to review existing
evidence and information from child/young person and parents, and if
a decision is made not to assess
• Person-centred approaches- centred around the family and
the needs of the child as a whole- holistic approach
• Outcomes focussed plans- “support the child or young
person, and their parents, in order to facilitate the development of the
child or young person and to help them achieve the best possible
educational and other outcomes” (Draft SEN Code of Practice, p.12)
Pilot Scheme Summer Term 2014
• We will be initiating a Pilot Scheme to trial the
new process from the beginning of the
summer term and will be looking for families
and schools to take part.
• If you are interested please contact the SENAT
Team Officer in the first instance.
Workforce Development
• Briefings and dates
The Swindon Local Offer
Plans & Progress
• Work is currently focussed on two objectives:
• Developing coproduction and on-going
involvement and feedback mechanisms
• Creating and publishing the Local Offer
• These objectives are to be met by September
2014, after which there will be continuing
development work
Coproducing the Local Offer
• Working with the Parent Carers Forum and
STEP
• Children and families will work with us to
coproduce:
– New systems, such as the Education, Health &
Care Plan
– The information contained in the Local Offer
– The on-going coproduction mechanisms for
reviewing and developing the Local Offer
Coproducing the Local Offer
• We must annual collate feedback on the Local Offer, publish a
summary and the Local Authority’s response
• How will feedback be gathered?
– Complaints and compliments
– Newly developed feedback mechanisms e.g. annual event
for children and families, surveys, mystery shopping etc.
– Collated information from Education, Health & Care Plans?
• How will the Local Offer develop as a result?
– Local Authority’s response regarding the services it
provides and commissions
– Publishing market intelligence and responses from other
providers?
Publishing Swindon’s Local Offer
• 4 sets of information make up the Swindon Local Offer:
– The SBC Offer covering the assessment and planning
process
– Overarching information on the types of support
available (transport, leisure, education etc.)
– A directory of services available to Swindon children
and families: universal, targeted and specialist,
linking to…
– Provider Local Offers: your description of your
service offer, published on your website
Swindon Local Offer Website
• Developed using the Adult Information &
Advice website platform
• An iterative roll out:
– Sept 14: Core information (the web pages) and
simple directory (contact information and links
through to provider websites)
– Future development: full search options, a
‘shopping basket’ to collate support, provider
login to their directory entry, integration with
EHCP?
Useful Resources
• Revised SEN Code of Practice and consultation
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/revision-of-the-sendcode-of-practice-0-to-25-years
• Assessment and Planning - the role of the Assessment and Planning
Coordinator (SE7 and Early Support) –
• http://www.ncb.org.uk/early-support/news/assessment-and-planningbooklet
• April 2014- draft CoP:
https://www.education.gov.uk/consultations/downloadableDocs/SEN%20
Code%20of%20Practice1.pdf
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Useful Resources
• Local Offer – Not A Directory
http://se7pathfinder.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/local-offer-not-adirectory-final.pdf
• SQW thematic reports:
–Key working and workforce development and The Education, Health and
Care planning pathway for new entrants to the SEN system
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&publication_filter
_option=research-and-analysis&departments%5B%5D=department-foreducation
• NASEN SEND Implementation events- useful for teachers and SENCOs:
http://www.nasen.org.uk/sencop/
- South West event is in Bristol on: 18/06/14
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Contact details
Paddy Bradley - Head of Commissioning
[email protected]
Gill Ilić - Commissioner for Education
[email protected]
Karen Hobbs - Commissioner Learning Disability Services
[email protected]
Caroline Little – Children’s Health Commissioner
[email protected]
Carey Goodhead – Commissioning Manager Vulnerable Young People
[email protected]
Keith Blackmore – Parent and Carers Group
[email protected]
SEND Project email address [email protected]
Pathfinder website www.sendpathfinder.co.uk
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