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April 15, 2026

MIND

Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. Their website contains useful information on a range of mental health problems, ...

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January 2, 2025

Funding

Please find information about funding for children and young people with additional needs here. Worried about or new to SEND - Family Hub

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February 4, 2025

Assessment tools for Cognition and Learning Needs

Dyslexia screener tools Dyslexia screening - British Dyslexia Association Reading/spelling measures British Picture Vocabulary Scales (BPVS) Using the British Picture Vocabulary Scale to support exceptional ...

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March 3, 2025

Helpful Resources for specific needs (Intellectual Disability)

Please note that the following list of need is not exhaustive: Intellectual Disability Learning Disabilities – Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Children & ...

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September 18, 2026

What if the LA decide NOT to carry out an EHC needs assessment?

You will be informed in writing if the Local Authority (LA) decide that it is not necessary to carry out an Education, Health and Care ...

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June 3, 2025

Brunel School – Special School – Social, Emotional & Mental Health

Brunel School is a specialist provision for learners aged 11 to 16-years-old whose needs cannot be met within a mainstream environment. All students have an ...

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August 20, 2023

Direct Payments – Children’s Social Care

What is a Direct Payment? A Direct Payment is money given to families who have been assessed as needing social care support and would like ...

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January 8, 2025

Early Communication and Language monitoring tool 

This tool outlines key milestones in speech, language and communication development to support identification of children’s needs in the Early Years Foundation Stage. The purpose ...

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December 30, 2024

Moving to or from Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland

The requirements for special educational needs in these countries are all slightly different from arrangements in England. Torbay will apply the same principles to ensure ...

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December 31, 2024

Additional and different support – what mainstream schools are expected to provide

Every child or young person with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) should have SEND support. This means help that is additional to or different ...

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