Support from the Home Learning Environment and Early Years (HLE & EY) Service

November 9, 2024

Support from the Home Learning Environment and Early Years (HLE & EY) Service

The setting SENDCo can email the HLE & EY service and arrange an agreed telephone or video call to discuss the child of concern and ...

January 8, 2025

Case File (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

The graduated approach should be led and coordinated by the setting SENCo working with and supporting individual practitioners in the setting. A case file for ...

January 8, 2025

SEND Register (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

Each Early Years setting must have a SEND Register. What is a SEND Register? The SEND register is a list of all the children in ...

January 8, 2025

Induction & Transition (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

Sometimes parents/carers request a place at an Early Years setting for their child who has an identified need. In this case it is important to ...

January 8, 2025

SEND Funding for young children with SEND (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

After at least one cycle of the Graduated Approach, a Setting SENDCO may want to request extra funding to support the child’s access to the ...

January 8, 2025

Writing reports (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

Setting SENDCos may be asked to write a report on a child with SEND for: Multi-agency meetings. Evidence for making a request for an EHC ...

January 8, 2025

Requesting an Education, Health and Care needs assessment (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

“Where, despite the setting having taken relevant and purposeful action to identify, assess and meet the special educational needs of the child, the child has ...

January 8, 2025

The Role of the Early Years Advisory Teacher (EYAT) for Inclusion (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

The Early Years Advisory Teacher for Inclusion will work in close partnership with the Special Educational Needs and Disability Co-ordinators (SENDCos) in Early Years Settings ...