0-25 SEND Inclusive Education Services

Providing support for children and young people with cognition and learning needs; communication and interaction needs, including autism; social, emotional and mental health needs; sensory and physical/medical needs.

How can we help?

How can we help?

We aim for equality of opportunity and high expectations for all children and young people (CYP), through highly skilled, consistent, motivating and inspiring practice.

We work with children and young people, from 0-25 years old, and their families to promote a range of skills, foster independence and ensure readiness for school and preparation for adulthood.

We provide support for CYP with cognition and learning needs; communication and interaction needs, including autism; social, emotional and mental health needs; sensory and physical/medical needs. We work in partnership with staff in settings to enable all pupils to achieve positive outcomes as they progress through education and prepare for adulthood.

The Graduated Approach

The Code of Practice 2015 introduced the category of SEN Support, replacing School Action and School Action Plus. The Graduated Approach of “Assess, Plan, Do, Review” removes barriers to learning and ensures that effective provision is in place. There is a financial element in each school’s budget to meet the needs of pupils receiving SEN Support.

One of the biggest changes within the SEND reforms has been a shift away from narrow objectives or targets, towards a greater emphasis upon outcomes. The SEND Code of Practice states that “an outcome is the benefit or difference made to an individual as a result of an intervention” (Code of Practice 9.66) and outcomes should describe the next step that the child or young person will take towards a happy, healthy, independent and secure adulthood.

As a service we adhere to the following principles for SEND support:

Quality First Teaching: differentiated and personalised to meet the individual needs of CYP. Teachers should set high expectations for every pupil. They should plan stretching work for pupils whose attainment is significantly above the expected standard and should have an even greater obligation to plan lessons for pupils who have low levels of prior attainment, or come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Teachers should use appropriate assessment to set targets which are deliberately ambitious. (Teachers’ Standard 5)

SEN Support: Special Educational Provision that goes beyond usual differentiated and personalised teaching and learning approaches and that is additional to, or different from, that made for other children of the same age. Schools and colleges must use their best endeavours to ensure that such provision is made for those who need it. Schools should use The Graduated Approach of “Assess, Plan, Do, Review” to remove barriers to learning and must work with parents. CYP at SEN Support will have regular “Team Around the Family” meetings as part of the “Assess, Plan, Do, Review” cycle. Schools may involve specialists at any point to advise them on effective support and interventions and should implement strategies recommended by specialists and review their effectiveness.

Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs): the majority of CYP with additional needs will have their needs met within SEN Support. A small minority will require a statutory assessment (EHCA). To inform its decision, the local authority will expect to see evidence of the action taken by the school as part of SEN Support, including best endeavours and The Graduated Approach.

Schools may involve specialists at any point to advise them on effective support and interventions and should implement and review the effectiveness of any strategies recommended by the specialists.

Meet the team

Meet the team

We are an integrated 0-25 SEND Inclusive Education Service (0-25 IES) comprised of highly skilled and committed specialist teachers and officers who have wide experience across all areas of SEND, with backgrounds ranging from SENDCOs, Inclusion Leads, class and Nurture Group teachers and specialist officers in both mainstream and specialist settings.

The Service is arranged into two teams:

The High Incidence team, working with children with high occurring needs across the District, includes Portage, Early Years, SEMH, Autism, and Cognition and Learning.
The Low Incidence team, working with children with low occurring needs across the District, includes Hearing Impairment, Vision Impairment, Multi-Sensory Impairment, and Physical/Medical needs.

We offer a wealth of shared experiences. Many of our teachers have an additional qualification at Post Graduate level (Certificate, Diploma or Masters) in at least one specialist area of Special Education Needs and Disability. All are passionate advocates for children and young people CYP with SEND.

We use a Person-Centred Approach to meet the individual needs of CYP with SEND and we support staff to meet the requirements of the SEND Code of Practice 2015 through working in partnership with settings to apply The Graduated Approach.

Our Support

Support we can offer you and your setting

The following information gives details of the support that is offered from the Inclusive Education Service, subject to capacity within the teams. This information will be updated at the end of the academic year.

Our programme for professional support is designed to increase the skills and knowledge of staff in settings to employ strategies, whole school interventions and guidance to support SEND children and young people to allow them to reach their potential.

Bespoke training will be arranged to develop inclusive practice and ensure consistency and is tailored to suit individual settings or groups.
- Packages are booked at the beginning of the academic year based on the school’s predicted needs.

Training courses offer up to date information and resources giving practitioners more support to feel inspired, excited and motivated to develop their skills and achieve better outcomes.
- These can be delivered in one school, or to clusters of schools. Some are only centrally delivered for individual participants.

Our training opportunities are reviewed regularly as part of an on-going evaluation process throughout the year and additional courses may be added in response to requests from settings and practitioners.

Menu of support available from both High and Low Incidence Teams

Packages of support consist of a combination of activities depending upon the identified needs of the setting.

Conversations between the specialist teacher and the SENDCo/senior leaders will determine the package for the year, or the emergency/exception.

Settings can choose from such activities as:

Comprehensive pupil/student assessment, completed alongside Bradford’s SEN Range Guidance for High and Low Incidence Teams (below Range 3) and comprising for example:
An initial assessment which includes meeting with SENDCo, other relevant school staff, parents/carers, other agencies involved with the pupil/family and the pupil/student themselves.
Observations across different settings in setting/school/college, alongside an analysis of data as appropriate.
An assessment of the school/classroom environment.
Specific assessment, advice and guidance for pupils using Elklan, Boxall Profile, Engagement assessment, Star analysis, SCERTS WRIT, ACE, as appropriate.
Work alongside classroom teachers to identify appropriate classroom differentiation, teaching strategies and resources.
Work alongside support staff to support them in the delivery of interventions e.g. small group work and individual work, i.e. social skills, emotional literacy, independent living, communication skills, fine/gross motor programmes.
Liaison and joint working with other agencies involved with the pupil/student.
Meeting with parents/carers where appropriate.
Report including recommendations.
Support and advice around provision.
Plans drawn up with the pupil and the team around them.
Systems developed for regular monitoring, review and the planning of next steps.
Emergency response for a CYP in crisis. This could include phone support, attendance at multi-agency meeting and written advice for school.
Attendance at annual/interim review meetings as required.
Support at crucial transition points e.g. between key stages or when moving setting/school/college.
School based support for parents/carers and families e.g. workshops, support/advice meet ups.
Advice regarding, and/or loans of, specialist resources.
Diagnostic learning assessments by qualified assessors, including:
Full dyslexia diagnostic assessments and the provision of recommendations for intervention and classroom support
Diagnostic assessments for specific maths difficulties and the provision of recommendations for intervention and classroom support
Cognitive and learning assessments
Bilingual SEN assessments (Polish, Slovak Czech)
SLCN assessment

Specific assessment, advice and guidance for pupils using Elklan, Boxall Profile, Engagement assessment, Star analysis, SCERTS WRIT, ACE, and handwriting, IT/assistive technology. As appropriate.
Specialist practitioner, Habilitation Officer, technical officer packages of support, managed by and following the recommendations of a specialist teacher.

Carry out an acoustic/sensory audit on a particular environment in schools, including recommendations.
Accessibility audits and advice regarding building adaptations for CYP with physical difficulties.
SEND EAL support and advice.

SMART interventions packages of support, examples as follows:

Accessing continuous provision (EYFS/KS1)
First steps to independence for pupils who need close adult support
Lego Based Therapy
Lego Based Build in to Express
Precision Teaching
Anger management
Range of Social Skills intervention, e.g. Monster Magic, SEAL
Nurturing Talk
Bespoke support for LAC
Fine Motor Skills programmes of support
Working memory training
Exam access assessments and completion of Form 8 documentation
Personalised literacy and numeracy support
De-escalation strategies training

Whole school or schools cluster support as follows:

Bespoke whole school/cluster training
Assessment of SEND provision across the school
Support to establish a range of small group work
SENDCo training and support
NQT and RQT support and advice
Support to establish and embed nurture group practice/provision
Support to consider an inclusive behaviour policy
Support to establish assessment of wellbeing
Support to carry out an audit of autism provision (AET Autism Standards)

Access to authority wide-hubs of support, including:

Advice hubs for Autism, Cognition and Learning, SEMH and Early Years
- These are bookable through This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Bradford Nurture Group Network
- Charged for attendance if not subscribing to a package of support

The list above is indicative of what could be requested. Please talk to the team for specific advice in order to tailor support to meet your needs.

Schools have a subsidised Core Offer covering Autism, Cognition and Learning and Early Years.
- Each school will receive a letter stating the sessions available.
Subscription packages of support are for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work and access to the Bradford Nurture Group Network.
- To access this please sign up via the "How to book" tab on this website.

Subscription Packages

Bespoke subscription packages of support

3 star package

30 days’ support in the academic year

· Bespoke support for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work based on the school’s/setting’s need

· Agreed in discussion between a specialist teacher and the SENDCo or other senior leader

· Access to Bradford Nurture Group network

2 star package

15 days’ support in the academic year

· Bespoke support for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work based on the school’s/setting’s need

· Agreed in discussion between a specialist teacher and the SENDCo or other senior leader

· Access to Bradford Nurture Group network

1 star package

6 days’ support in the academic year

· Bespoke support for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work based on the school’s/setting’s need

· Agreed in discussion between a specialist teacher and the SENDCo or other senior leader

· Access to Bradford Nurture Group network

Emergency response and exceptions

A “Pay As You Go” approach

· Providing support as and when required for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work

Central Training

In addition to the bespoke packages of support, we offer central training in a range of techniques and specialisms.

Courses may also be available to clusters of schools, MATs etc. To request these bespoke courses please use the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. email address, or call 01274 439500 to speak to the team about your needs.

Courses on offer in 2018/2019

Our courses cover a wide range of skills training, information sharing and development areas.

For a list of specific courses and to book a place online, please visit our Courses / Events section here.

If you don’t see a course you’re looking for, why not contact us and see if we can create something for your school and/or cluster of schools.

Please note the list of courses may be subject to change as the year progresses. Keep checking the website to ensure you don’t miss one that is important to you.

School-Based Training

In addition to the central training we offer, the following courses can be delivered in your school. If you are interested in a quote for having this delivered in your school / within your MAT or in conjunction with other schools please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Managing Low Level Behaviour

Guidance to Ofsted Inspectors includes a focus on this issue in both primary and secondary settings. It contributes to staff and student stress in the work place and adversely affects progress and results.

This short course explores the underlying reasons for this behaviour and provides practical strategies for staff to reduce its impact on progress, learning and wellbeing.

It links strategies to Bradford’s Range Guidance 1 - 3 for SEMH (replacement of school action and school action plus for BESD) enabling schools to demonstrate appropriate provision using the resources available to the school.

Prices:

£360 Up to a max of 20 staff / £400 Up to a max of 30 staff for a 2 hour course delivered by a Specialist Teacher.

Assessment and delivery of well-being and engagement with learning (KS2-4)

This course will provide a practical approach to assessing children and young people’s skills to foster well-being, positive mental health and engagement.

Schools will learn to develop robust systems to monitor emotional development and well-being across all age ranges as well as developing practical tools for measuring well-being and engagement.

The course will include an insight into the high incidence of poor mental health in children and young people with autism.

Prices:

£800 for up to a max of 12 staff / £1000 13 to a max of 30 staff for a full day course delivered by a Specialist Teacher and a Specialist Practitioner.

Lego Based Therapy

A structured intervention to develop the social and interaction skills of children and young people with autism in mainstream settings.

Staff will learn what Lego-based Therapy is and how to implement and differentiate Lego-based Therapy.

The course will include practical group activities; guidance on setting up Lego based Therapy groups and highlights the benefits for children and young people with autism.

Price:

£180 for up to a max of 20 staff for a 3 hour course delivered by a Specialist Practitioner.

Introduction to Autism- Beginners (KS1- 4)

An introduction to autism for mainstream school staff available as a twilight.

Staff will have a basic understanding of autism and how it impacts learning and living.

The course will include an introduction to the main areas of difference in autism and some strategies and approaches suitable for mainstream settings in all key stages 1-4.

Price:

£200 for up to a max of 30 staff for a 1.5 hour course delivered by a Specialist Teacher.

Supporting children with autism at Range 3 and 4 (TA’s)

Comprehensive autism training and insight for school staff who already have a basic knowledge and experience of autism.

Staff will develop their existing knowledge of autism and understand how to best meet the needs of a range of children with a diagnosis of autism in a mainstream setting.

The course will include the 4 areas of difference, offer strategies and approaches and opportunities to plan the implementation of these strategies in key stages 1 and 2.

Prices:

£400 for up to a max of 12 staff / £500 13 to a max of 30 staff for a half-day course delivered by 2 Specialist Practitioners.

Classroom Strategies for children with autism at Range 3 and 4 (EY’s or EY's and TA's)

Comprehensive autism training and insight for school staff who already have a basic knowledge and experience of autism.

Staff will develop their existing knowledge of autism and gain an understanding how to meet the needs of a range of children with a diagnosis of autism in a mainstream setting in EYFS

The course will include the key areas of difference, offer strategies and approaches and opportunities to plan the implementation of these strategies.

Prices:

£800 for up to a max of 12 staff / £1000 13 to a max of 30 staff for a full-day course delivered by 2 Specialist Practitioners.

20:20 Reading Intervention

20 – 20 reading is evidence based, practical, holistic and successful intervention, which draws on Catch Up Literacy, Wave 3 Literacy and Reading Recovery principles.

This is a practical course which includes demonstrations and hands-on activities over two training sessions of 2 hours each. Follow up email and telephone support will also be provided. TAs and SENDCOs will develop the skills to assess children’s reading skills and then plan and deliver, 1:1 sessions for struggling readers. It is suitable for children in the primary phase, who are reading at least 6 months below their chronological age, or students with SEND in the secondary phase

Up to 10 teaching assistants (plus the SENCO) can be trained together in (your) school. The intervention is proven to be more successful in schools where the SENCO or another Teacher attends the training and monitors the intervention in school. The host school could offer places to other schools within their own Mat or locality to make the numbers up to 10, making the cost £49.10 per delegate.

The host school will need access to the New Salford Sentence Reading Test and a range of children’s reading books.

Price:

£540 for up to a max of 10 teaching assistants and the SENCO for two training sessions of 2 hours each delivered by a Specialist Practitioner.

Inclusive Classroom Training

The Inclusive Classroom training is delivered over 2 x 90 minute sessions. Course Participants will receive an inclusive classroom toolkit to support the planning and delivery of provision for children with SLCN, EAL, SpLD and MLD. The course aims are as follows.

Session 1

Identification of speech, language and communication needs, specific learning difficulties, children with English as an additional language and children with moderate learning difficulties
How these difficulties present in the classroom and where they overlap
Responsibilities of the class teacher as described in the Code of Practice for SEN 2014

Session 2

To know how to meet these needs in the classroom
To be able to use a range of inclusive teaching strategies in the classroom

Price:

£540 for up to a max of 20 staff for two 90 minute sessions delivered by a Specialist Teacher.

Dyslexia Awareness

This training is a precursor to our “Dyslexia Friendly Classrooms—Supporting Children with Literacy Difficulties in the Classroom” but can also be delivered as a stand-alone session.

It is designed to be delivered to teachers and support staff in staff meetings but it could also form part of school training days. This training is relevant to staff in both primary and secondary settings.

The session will provide participants with:

An understanding of the processes involved in reading and writing.
An understanding of the areas of difficulty linked to dyslexia.
An understanding of how difficulties impact on literacy and general learning.
The ability to use checklists to identify profiles.
Suggestions of how to support particular difficulties in the classroom.

Participants will receive a checklist which allows them to begin to identify pupils with dyslexic type difficulties and appropriate next steps to support their learning.

Price:

£300 for up to a max of 20 staff for a 90 minute session delivered by a Specialist Teacher.

Dyslexia Friendly Classroom

This training is designed to be delivered over two consecutive staff meetings but it could also form part of school training days.

This training does not cover what dyslexia is, but is considered a follow up to our “Dyslexia Awareness” training. However, this can also be delivered as stand-alone training if participants already have an understanding of dyslexia.

The sessions are interactive and include practical activities and opportunities for discussion.

The sessions will provide participants with:

Practical ideas and strategies to support pupils with literacy difficulties in the classroom.
A toolkit and disc of resources and templates including task plan templates, supported writing frame templates (including Clicker templates), subject specific writing frames, word mats, word maps, progression in spelling lists, precision teaching tools, templates for barrier games and memory games, step-by-step guides for key maths operations.
Using ICT to support pupils with Dyslexia, includes information about iPad apps.

Price:

£540 for up to a max of 20 staff for two 90 minute session delivered by a Specialist Teacher.

Monster Magic

This is a two hour course designed to show you how to deliver this pack effectively.

The pack is designed to create a nurturing hour in the curriculum which meets developmental needs and increases understanding of how to feel safe and be safe.

The programme allows pupils to explore emotions safely and understand how to manage them effectively. By the end of the journey, pupils should be able to manage themselves and have a clearer understanding of the self-regulation strategies they can use to manage potential conflict.

This CD pack contains 40 hour long sessions along with work sheets. Which you will receive along with the training.

You would however need to purchase the monster puppet separately from ‘The Puppet Company’.

Tutor: Anna Robinson

Prices:

£360 Up to a max of 20 staff

Manual Handling training

Do you have children who need physical, hands- on assistance to access school? If so you need to be trained to do this safely for both the pupil and staff involved.

This course will give staff a basic training in manual handling and will also include problem solving support and help to draw up a written manual handling plan for individual pupils. This is a legal requirement for all schools who need to physically move children.

This course will cover:

Back awareness
Principles and practice of safe lifting/ moving and handling
Using equipment safely e.g. hoists
Writing an individual manual handling plan

Tutor: Deborah Craig or Ann Gabriel

Training will be tailor-made to your school by the Physical and Medical Team

Prices:

£420 per school to train up to 6 members of staff for a half day (3 hours). £65 for each extra member of staff.

Client Feedback

What our clients say about the support they have received

"Hands on practical advice based on observations, addressing the whole problem rather than trying to patch the problem."

"Very skilled and knowledgeable Specialist Teachers. Their support has been invaluable."

"The support we have received from a range of support services has been invaluable in identifying the needs of specific children, recommending approaches to support them in making progress and evaluating their progress and planning next steps."

"So impressed with the professional way we’re supported which impacted massively on the child’s learning."

"Thorough in preparation and implementation. Excellent communication within a multi-agency approach."

What our clients say about the training they have received

"I feel more equipped to identify and help children with their needs."

"Good to know we are not alone, other schools have similar issues. So nice to have a safe space to talk about these things."

"Course split into 2 parts allowed us to try ideas and then come back and evaluate. A really good way of doing it."

"I am more positive, less negative after this course. The tutor gave me the courage to say it’s difficult and I’m not managing. Thank you."

"The tutor explained everything really well. I feel so much more confident now."

"Gave me ideas, advanced my knowledge, and improved behaviour in school."

Pricing

Pricing 2018-19

Subscription Packages

Package Type	Price Per Annum
3 star package For Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work and access to The Bradford Nurture Group Network	£9,300 net
2 star package For Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work and access to The Bradford Nurture Group Network	£4,725 net
1 star package For Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work and access to The Bradford Nurture Group Network	£1,950 net
Emergency response and exceptions For Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work	£100 net per hour
Access to The Bradford Nurture Group Network without a subscription.	£50 net

All schools and establishments that are not part of City of Bradford Council either a maintained school or establishment will be subject to VAT.

Training Sessions

CPD courses

(price per delegate)

Full day

Half day

Twilight

£140

£65

£55

Cancellation terms:

These terms are for all types of cancellation reasons. All of which must be sent to us via email.
No shows and 24 hour cancellations will be charged at full price.
2 days to 4 days notice there will be a charge of 50%
5 days to 13 days notice there will be a charge of 25%
Cancellations received 14 days or more before the start will not be charged unless stated in the course advert.

Please note, individual course prices may vary according to content and type.

How to book

How to book

For enquiries about the service, to subscribe to a package or to discuss bespoke training courses for clusters of schools, MATs etc. contact the 0-25 SEND IES team on the number or email below.

Telephone: 01274 439500

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