Support and Advice
Index
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
Wandsworth has produced a simplified guide to the OAP document.
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.
Annual Review of an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
WIASS have created a helpful booklet explaining the annual review process.
https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/-media/13415/wiass_annual-_review_of_an_ehc_plan.pdf
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.
Education Other Than at School (EOTAS)
If your child or young person is not in school, either because they don’t have a school place or have emotionally based school avoidance / absence (EBSA) issues, you can find advice and support here.
Young People's Emotional Support Services (CAMHS map).
Southampton SENDIASS has produced a useful video on emotionally based school avoidance / absence for parents / carers
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
Transport
WIASS have produced a useful leaflet with about transport support and FAQS for 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.