Support and Advice
Education
Wandsworth’s SEND Local Offer
This section of Wandsworth’s Local Offer explains the different types of educational provision available for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
SEND Handbook
Wandsworth’s SEND Handbook is designed for use as a reference document for parents/carers and professionals and offers a comprehensive guide to the processes, procedures and ways of working with children and young people with special educational needs and/or a disability in Wandsworth. It also provides information on specific sections of the process, such as the graduated response to SEND in schools and the timeline for an Education Health and Care Needs Assessment, using flowcharts.
SEND support in mainstream nurseries, schools and colleges
Ordinarily Available Provision refers to the support children and young people with SEND, but without an EHCP, should receive in mainstream nurseries, schools and post 16 settings. This document provides information on the different types of special educational needs and disabilities and how mainstream settings should provide for these from their general school budgets.
Parents guide to the Ordinarily Available Provision (OAP) document
Send Parent Carers has worked with the Inclusion Servie to coproduce a simplified guide to the OAP document, for parents and carers.
Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
Children and young people who require a more specialist setting will need to have an assessment for an Education Health and Care Plan (EHC Plan).
An Education, Health and Care plan (EHC plan) is a legal document which describes a child or young person’s (aged 0-25 years) special educational needs, the support they need and the outcomes they would like to achieve.
The special educational provision described in an EHC plan must be provided by the child or young person’s local authority. This means an EHC plan can give a child or young person extra educational support.
Follow the link to downloads for the following documents:
-EHCP assessment process
-Education Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA) Request form
-Guidance for a EHCNA request
-EHC assessment process and timeline
-Advice to parents for an EHCA co-production meeting
Annual Review of an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
WIASS have created a helpful booklet explaining the annual review process.
Preparation for adulthood Service
Preparing for Adulthood Service is the social work (social care) team which supports young people with disabilities and mental health concerns from 14-25 years old and their parents/carers during the transition period. The link takes you to the local offer page which provides information on the following :
-What transition planning involves
-Principles of a good transition
-The transition journey
-Young People’s lived experiences
-Transitions key contacts
Post 16 options, Internships:
Supported internships are a structured study programme based primarily at an employer. They enable young people aged 16-24 with a Learning Difficulty Assessment or an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), to achieve sustainable paid employment by equipping them with the skills they need for work, through learning in the workplace.
Emotionally Based School Avoidance / Absence (EBSA)
EBSA is a term used to describe children and young people who struggle to attend school due to experiencing high levels of anxiety. You can find information and advice about this on the IPSEA website.
Read an article from Wandsworth’s School and Community Psychology Service on Supporting Autism and EBSA here
Education Other Than in School or College (EOTIS/EOTIC)
IPSEAS has provided clear information on the difference between elective home education (EHE) and education other than in school /college (EOTIS/EOTIC) and how these relate to children and young people with and without EHCP’s.
A useful FAQ’s page can be found here.
The Baked Bean Company
Baked Bean Company offers intensive educational support to children aged 5 to 19 with learning difficulties. They provide, amongst other things, 1:1 support for educationally and socially excluded young people; flexible, needs led support in the community or at home and services and advocacy for young people at risk of exclusion from school, who require an Education Health and Care Plan or are involved in the criminal justice system
Young Giants
Young Giants is a teacher-led tuition and mentoring service providing bespoke and flexible programmes of education for learners in need of alternative provision. They are experienced in supporting children and young people with a wide range of additional needs and those missing education and those who are at risk of, or have been permanently excluded from school.
Transport
WIASS have produced a useful leaflet about transport support with FAQ’s related to compulsory school age children. Transport for children with an EHCP who attend specialist provision but are below compulsory school age, (the term after their fifth birthday). will need to be discussed on an individual basis with the local authority.
