Inclusion Programme & SEND Reforms in Sheffield Update for School Governors June 2016 Stuart Williams PEP

Inclusion: Vision School Forum July 2015: A fundamental shift to a locality model of inclusion support for vulnerable young people and their families Over the next five years we will transform the lives and futures of vulnerable children and young people. Parental confidence in the education, care and health system will be very high and families will be well supported to enable their children to succeed. Our practice will be the best in the country. Capacity, Leadership, 0-25, Specialism MAST EPS EYS SEND Social Care HI VI Autism Supported by locality facing services

Inclusion: Delivery Capacity, Leadership, 0-25, Specialism Co- location Key working Leadership High quality inclusive provision Early high quality support Support for families Robust Mental Health Provision Excellent communication and greater transparency Achieved through

Inclusion: Measuring Success Capacity, Leadership, 0-25, Specialism Progress and achievement of all vulnerable groups in every phase of learning Professional confidence to support all vulnerable children and young people. Behaviour: reduction in exclusions Transitions to adulthood: reduced numbers of disengaged & unemployed Social Care & CAMHS: reduced numbers needing specialist support Attendance: decreases in persistent absence

Inclusion: Strategic Programme

Local Offer – Review and response published; – Re-formatted and updated; – Road map for future changes – focus on content Education, Health and Care Assessment and Planning Pathway – Core process agreed and now in place – Health Task & Finish Group have agreed the process for Health – Social Care Task & Finish Group are developing the process for Social Care – My Plan Parental/Young Person Engagement – Parents group chaired by Jayne Ludlam (highlighted as best practice by DfE) – Parent and young people working groups involved in the development of the Local Offer – Parental input to EHC Assessment and Planning Pathway – Monthly meetings with Parent Carer Forum – SEND specific questions included in the Every Child Matter survey Joint Commissioning – Children’s Joint Commissioning Group – Joint Commissioning Task & Finish Group set up to develop SEND commissioning strategy Inclusion: SEND Core Requirements

Inclusion: Delivery through Localities Delivering a step change in the consistency and quality of practice in support for children and young people with additional needs Localities taking shape Local decision making £2.1m shared between localities Embedded with Inclusion Strategy Overseen by Inclusion Board Supported by Health Children & Young People Person-Centred Planning

Inclusion: Tools for Localities My Plan – SEN Support – Transparent, accountable non-statutory Plan – Quickly identifies need, agrees support, agrees outcomes, monitors progress – Increase in parental confidence in mainstream schools – Now in use and built into New Ways of Working Sheffield Support Grid (SSG) – Consistent approach to identifying SEND and providing support across Sheffield – Helps schools and localities to identify strategic solutions to delivering support – Most Localities have completed moderation of audit of SSG levels for C/YP. Submission of SSG levels for Localities deadline 11 th July 2016 Quality Assurance Framework – Central ‘panel’ attended by localities- 3 Meetings to date – Ensures consistent, city-wide application of Sheffield Support Grid – City wide Moderation of SSG decisions completed June 2016

Key process change: Judgements about agreement to assess for an EHC Plan are made within school based reviews. A core group (Locality SENCO; SEND locality lead; Senior EP) join an agree to assess review (attended by the parent/carer, school staff and all involved practitioners) and give a decision and explain it within the meeting. ‘Yes’ decisions can lead immediately into drafting an EHC Plan ‘No’ decisions lead immediately into improving the MyPlan

PRU Block? Complex Cases Fund FEL (£?) Place (£2-£3k) + Notional SEN Funding (£6k) Place Funding (£10k) Place Funding (£10k) Support Funding? Localities Block Mainstrea m Schools Early Years Integrated Resources Special Schools Special School Block? IR Block? Level 5 Level 1 Post-16 Formula (£10k) Place Funding (£10k) Post-16PRU Post-16 Central Block High Needs Funding: Draft Future Model

Continue current Band C & D Funding 66 Band Cs; 4 Band Ds – mainly in primary schools funding still allocated to school while pupil remains in setting two payments: 5/12ths in April; 7/12ths in September funding returns to overall allocation pot when pupil leaves setting £432k Balance for Proportional Allocation two payments: 5/12ths in April; 7/12ths in September Year One: first payment made based on numbers of SEN in a locality as a proportion of all SEN in the city based on the January 2016 school census Year One: second payment based on numbers of identified L3, 4 & 5 pupils as a proportion of all L3, 4 & 5 pupils in the City using the Sheffield Support Grid Year Two (and thereafter): both payments based on numbers of identified L3, 4 & 5 pupils as a proportion of all L3, 4 & 5 pupils in the City using the Sheffield Support Grid £1.14m As C/D pupils leave settings, funding returns to overall allocation pot Year One: moderated identification of all L3, 4 & 5 pupils will need to be completed by the end of the summer term Year Two: moderated identification of all L3, 4 & 5 pupils will need to be completed by February half-term and the end of the summer term Allocation Methodology for Schools

Special School Funding Proposals Per Place Funding £10k Fixed top-up funding per place£6k* Over Level 5: Complex Cases Fund (Administered through the Special Headteachers Partnership with the LA) £ determined by need Special Schools and the LA work in partnership to manage all admissions for leaners who require specialist provision (including those who access independent and out of city provision) Savings through reducing places over time Equity of funding between settings Principles of new funding strategy Sufficient funding for the most complex *to be agreed

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