Early Years SEN Top-up Funding Ruth Glover Lead Early Years Advisor – Inclusion January 2014

Purpose of Session To outline the changes to Inclusion Support in North Somerset To explain the new process of applying for Inclusion Support To highlight the impacts of the changes To enable you to feel confident to support all our children

Top-up Funding for Early Years Aim – Improving outcomes for all

To introduce a universal banding system for all children and young people aged 0-25 with high level needs To continue arrangements to enable settings to support children with low level SEN To continue the Link Programme to support transition Key Culture Change

Overall framework with categories for main types and levels of high level SEN Descriptors of how children and young people present for each category for key age group – early years, statutory school age, post 16 Values for each category for key age groups regardless of which setting they attend Principles of Universal Banding System

Early Years (EY) children with high needs assessed against the criteria and, where appropriate, assigned a category EY children assigned a category will attract specific additional funding called EY Top- up Funding in addition to standard funding for the Free Early Education (FEE) entitlement EY Top-up Funding expressed as an hourly rate and multiplied by the number of hours that the child is funded for the Free Early Education (FEE) entitlement Principles of Universal Banding System

If a child moves to a different setting, the funding will move with them Funding will support settings to meet the individual child’s needs e.g.: additional support for the child – either by setting or ‘bought in’ from specialist provider specialised training liaison with parents/carers and other professionals additional resources for the child Principles of Universal Banding System

Proposals – SEN CategoryLevel Proposed hourly high needs funding value A - Cognition and Learning A0£5.41 A1£9.89 A2£13.28 B - Communication B0£5.49 B1£10.09 B2£13.48 B3£15.40 C - Social, Emotional and Behaviour C0£5.53 C1£10.23 C2£13.54 D - Sensory D0£5.53 D1£10.17 D2£13.54 E - Physical/Medical E0£5.53 E1£13.28 E2£13.54 E3£15.40

Implications for EY Settings Funding will be no longer provided to a specialist provider to support individual children i.e. Springboard Any setting that is being paid FEE, can receive additional resources but must meet the child’s needs The setting will need to resource any specialist support and training to meet the child’s needs There will be more resources in the system

Inclusion Support Booklet Improving outcomes for all Advice for parents Help with report writing Inclusion Advice Flow Chart

Referral Process EY Action EY Action Plus Contact EY Consultant or Childminding Development Advisor Complete front page with parent

Information Sharing and Consent

EY Consultant/Childminding Advisor/Inclusion Advisor (Area Senco) will arrange a visit and observe the child and decide with you next steps If necessary, the Inclusion Referral Form will be completed with the Area Senco and taken away with all supporting evidence at that meeting. Parents will also be informed by the Area Senco of next steps decided EY Lead Advisor – Inclusion will present all applications for Top-up Funding to a multi- agency panel Top-up Funding Panel meet monthly (except August). They will consider all evidence and will make a decision about whether a Top-up Level will be allocated

Multi-Agency EY Top-up Panel Vulnerable Learners’ Service Educational Psychologist Speech and Language SEN Team Lead Early Years Advisor Children’s Social Care

Settings will be advised of funding level allocated along with any conditions of funding e.g. staff must work with specialist support, staff must access specialist training, setting must work with EY Consultant for advice about provision A review period will also be specified Parents will be advised of outcome of panel meeting Setting will arrange how to use EY Top-up Funding Following the Panel Meeting:

MAISEY Referral IPP North Somerset Early Support Materials Health Care Plan Useful Contacts Further Documents

Springboard Offer