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Early Years and starting primary school

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  • 2 Year Old Progress Check
    1. Identifying and Assessing Childrens Needs in the Early Years 2. 2 Year Old Progress Check What is the 2 Year Old Progress Check? When a child is aged between two and three, practitioners must review their progress and provide parents and/or carers with a…
  • Admission to Special Schools
    1. Education SEN and D 2. Applying for a School 3. Applying for a Special School 4. Support from the School 5. Concerns about Progress 3. Applying for a Special School The majority of children and young people with SEN and/or disabilities (SEND) will have…
  • Babysitting
    How do you decide at what age and in what circumstances is it safe to leave your child alone or with a baby sitter? Although there is no legal minimum age for a child to be left alone, it is an offence to leave a…
  • Criteria of support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) 0-25 years
    The 'Criteria of support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) 0-25 years' document fulfils a DfE requirement that each Local Authority (LA) explains the special educational provision it expects to be made from within an educational settings budget share.…
  • Early Years and Childcare Provider SEND Information Guidance
    Unlike schools and other education providers, the Code of Practice relating to the Children and Families Act 2014 does not require Early Years and childcare providers to publish more detailed information about their arrangements for identifying, assessing and making provision for children with Special Educational…
  • Early Years Inclusion Funding
    1. Early Years Inclusion Funding  2. Early Years Inclusion Funding Frequently Asked Questions              1. Early Years Inclusion Funding  There is an expectation that providers will demonstrate the ways in which they have endeavoured to meet a child’s additional needs…
  • Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC) Eligibility
    1. EHC Plan (Eligibility and Request) 2. EHC Assessment   3. EHC Plan's 4. EHC Implementation and Annual Reviews 5. Personal Budgets 6. Moving into the County 7. EHC Disagreements 1. Education Health and Care Plan Eligibility Lincolnshire Councty Council gives an EHC plan to a…
  • Health Visitors, The Early Years
    About the Service The Health Visiting service provides advice, information and help to parents and their new baby from pre-birth to their first year at school.  It is provided in Lincolnshire by Lincolnshire County Council as part of the Children's Health Service 0-19. Health Visitors…
  • Identifying and assessing children's needs in the Early Years
    1. Early Years and Starting Primary School 2. Identifying and Assessing Children's needs in Early Years 3. Services and Support 4. Preparing for Primary School 5. Childcare Providers 2. Identifying and Assessing Children's needs in Early Years Early Years Providers (day nurseries, pre-schools, playgroups, registered…
  • Inclusion and Ofsted registered childcare providers
    All Ofsted registered childcare providers must ensure they are meeting the following statutory requirements regarding inclusive practice: Early Years Foundation Stage (Statutory Framework for the EYFS March 2014): Must have arrangements in place to identify and support children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) or disabilities;…
  • SENCO Cluster Groups
    Each local authority mainstream school and all mainstream academies and free schools have to ensure that there is a qualified teacher designated as their SENCO (Special Educational Needs Coordinator). SENCO Cluster Groups are organised across the county as a way of providing professional support and…
  • SEN Support for Early Years Providers
    Working in partnership with Early Years and Childcare Support, the Early Years Locality Teams offer inclusion support for local Early Years providers (i.e. pre-schools, playgroups, day nurseries, registered childminder daycare and Local Authority Nursery Schools) to promote and support the early identification of children aged…
  • Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0-25 years
    The 'Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years' is statutory guidance which came into force on 1 September 2014 and replaces the ‘Special educational needs (SEN): code of practice’ 2001. It applies to England and provides statutory guidance on duties,…
  • Supported Childcare Funding (SCF)
    Supported Childcare Funding is available to provide targeted support for families with children aged 0-5 years.  The funding supports short term access to childcare as part of a holistic family support plan.   Supported childcare places may be authorised through a referral based system where…
  • Special educational needs and disability: a guide for parents and carers
    The system for supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities changed on the 1st September 2014. The Department for Education have written Special educational needs and disability - a guide for parents and carers, which explains how the system that supports…
  • Support for Parents
    This leaflet is to raise awareness of the support available to families when they feel they are at a point when they may benefit from some more information or guidance. It will hopefully be a helpful booklet to keep at hand for reference.
  • Free Childcare for 2 Year Olds
    1. Help with Childcare Costs 2. Two year old Funding 2. Two Year Old Funding   Free childcare is available for eligible two year olds which entitles them to 15 hours' funding per week, term time only.  You can also have a stretched offer of 12…
  • 3 and 4 Year Old Early Years Entitlement
    1. Help with Childcare Costs 2. 3 and 4 year old Entitlement 2. 3 and 4 Year Old Funding All children are entitled to a free early years place for 570 hours per year at the start of the school term following their 3rd birthday.…
  • The National Autistic Society (NAS) EarlyBird Pre-School Programme
    The NAS EarlyBird Programme aims to support parents of pre-school children who have a diagnosis of autism/autism spectrum, from the age of 3 to statutory school age (term after a child turns 5). It offers parents/carers opportunities to learn about how autism/autism spectrum  affects their…
  • Disabled Children: A Legal Handbook
    Disabled children: a legal handbook’ can be downloaded for free from the Council for Disabled Children’s website. The handbook is an authoritative yet accessible guide to the legal rights of disabled children and their families in England and Wales. The authors, Steve Broach, Luke Clements…
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