Education
Education
Education is one of our key priorities. Our parent representatives sit on several strategic groups to improve educational provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
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Our Articles
- Access arrangements (help in exams) Extra help in public exams is known as “access arrangements”. Their purpose is to allow students with special educational needs, disabilities or temporary injuries to access the assessment and show what they know and can do. They must not give the student an unfair advantage or compromise the integrity of the assessment.
- SEN Support This page is currently under construction.
- The localities model Sheffield has seven localities; each consists of several secondary schools and their primary feeder schools. Download a list of schools by locality.
- EHC plans This page is currently under construction.
- Transferring from a statement to an EHCP New legislation requires local authorities to replace statements of SEN with Education Health and Care (EHC) plans by 31 March 2018.
- Anxiety and school attendance issues Anxiety can affect us all. It is a feeling of worry, unease or fear. It has its purposes and can help us to be better prepared. Before an exam, for example, it might make a young person more alert and help to improve their performance. However, there are times when anxiety can be disabling. Parents and carers report increasing levels of anxiety amongst their children or young people. Some parents report that their children are either out of school completely due to anxiety, or heading in that direction. So what can parents do?
- The MyPlan Like many other local authorities, Sheffield recently launched a planning tool which supports good inclusive practice – a sort of “EHC plan light”.
- School exclusions National statistics show that pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are nine times more likely to be excluded from school than their peers, and account for 70 per cent of all permanent exclusions.
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Links and Downloads
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The SEND Code of Practice 2015
The SEN Code of Practice is based on the legal framework for special educational needs. It gives practical guidance to schools, nurseries, colleges, Local Authorities, Social Services Departments and Health Authorities on how to fulfil their responsibilities under the legal framework.
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The Sheffield Support Grid
This is a locally developed tool which is intended to help schools allocate support to children with SEN in a fair, consistent and transparent way.
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Personal Budgets
This article on the Local Offer website explains what a Personal Budget for an EHC plan is, how to request one, and the different ways of delivering it.
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Special Educational Needs Support in School
This booklet is for parent of pupils with SEN who attend a mainstream school in Sheffield. It explains how schools identify and support pupils with SEN, what a MyPlan is, how the EHC needs assessment process works, and what parents can do if they encounter difficulties.
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Sources of information, advice, and support
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IPSEA
IPSEA is a national charity providing free legally based advice to families who have children with special educational needs.
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Core Assets
A private company which has been commissioned to provide free and independent information and support to families in relation to EHC plans.
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Sheffield SEN Information Advice and Support Service (SENDIAS)
Formerly known as Parent Partnership. Provides free, impartial and confidential information, advice and support to parents/carers of children and young people (0-25) with disabilities and special educational needs in relation to education, health and social care services, disability benefits, support groups and leisure opportunities.