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• • 23rd September 2020

  • We are recruiting!

  • We are part of a joint project with Sheffield City Council and Sheffield Clinical Commissioning group to develop and deliver training for early years professionals around neurodisability.

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• • 21st September 2020

  • Consultation report published

  • Back in July, we worked with Sheffield City Council to gather parents’ views about sending their child with additional needs back to school. What questions and concerns did parents have? What did they want schools to be aware of?

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• • 28th August 2020

  • Return to school Q&A

  • Sheffield City Council has published general information for parents about the full reopening of schools here. However, we know that parents of children with additional needs have some very specific questions and concerns. We have compiled this article to try and address some of them.

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• • 28th August 2020

  • Government announces funding for catch-up support

  • The government has announced funding worth £1 billion to ensure that schools and colleges have the support they need to help children and young people make up for lost teaching time. The funding is separated into two blocks:

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• • 28th August 2020

  • School attendance mandatory from September

  • From September, pupils of compulsory school age (5-16 years) must attend school, unless they have been told to self-isolate (e.g. following a positive test result) or advised to shield by their health professional.

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• • 21st July 2020

  • EHC plans to be enforceable again from August

  • Sheffield City Council has produced an information sheet about temporary changes to the law on EHC plans. We have copied and pasted the text below:

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