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February 18, 2025

About this guidance (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCos)

This practice guidance aims to support all practitioners working with children in the Early Years who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). It aims ...

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February 18, 2025

Assess (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

This is when practitioners observe and identify a child as having additional needs.  This is what is stated in the SEND Code of Practice: “Where ...

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February 18, 2025

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 ...

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February 18, 2025

Ensuring all practitioners in the setting understand their responsibilities to children with SEND and the setting’s approach to identifying and meeting SEND (The Role of the Early Years Setting SENDCo)

The Early Years SENDCo will: Work with the manager of the setting to regularly review the SEN and disability policy and practice within the setting ...

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February 18, 2025

The Role of the Early Years Setting SENDCo

The Early Years SENDCo has a key role in supporting colleagues and coordinating the response of the setting to children with SEND. The Early Years ...

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September 24, 2026

Pledge 1 – Be honest

You said: “We want to be told the truth, we want to know why things have happened and what is going to happen” “We need ...

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September 2, 2025

Our statement of commitment

We commit to working together, in partnership with you, to improve the support you receive. We want you to have the very best opportunities now ...

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April 4, 2025

Torbay Short Breaks Statement

What is a Short Breaks Statement? The Government requires every local authority to produce a Short Breaks Statement so that disabled children, young people and ...

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September 18, 2026

Assessing and reviewing via Individualised Education Plans (IEPs) or EHCP outcomes

Individualised Education Plans should measure progress towards short term outcomes, and these should be reviewed on at least a termly basis. If a student is ...

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August 28, 2025

What is the Learning Disability and Autism Programme (LDAP)?

LDAP started as part of a nationwide pilot as recommended in the NHS Plan. The remit is to support young people with a diagnosed Learning ...

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