Transforming lives through learning Additional Support Ten Years On: Successes and good practice Dr Kate Hannah, HMI 6 March 2015

Transforming lives through learning What I’m going to talk about…  Ten years on: what has changed?  The story so far. Successes and good practice  Where do we go from here?

Transforming lives through learning WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN 2005?

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So what’s changed since 2005? What difference has the Act made to outcomes for children and young people?

Transforming lives through learning The evolving concept of additional support needs  The learning environment  Family circumstances  Disability or health need  Social emotional and behavioural factors [code of practice]

Transforming lives through learning HMIE 2007 Report on the implementation of the Act : Key strengths Key staff in education authorities have a very good understanding of the legislation and its aims

Transforming lives through learning 3 minute task List ten of the fifteen factors giving rise to additional support needs in the code of practice.

Transforming lives through learning Code of practice factors giving rise to additional support needs (1) 1.Motor or sensory impairment 2.Being bullied 3.Very able or talented 4.Having experienced bereavement 5.Are interrupted learners 6.Learning disability 7.Looked after by local authority 8.Learning difficulty such as dyslexia

Transforming lives through learning Code of practice factors giving rise to additional support needs (2) 9. Living with parents abusing substances 10. Have parents with mental health problems 11. Have EAL 12. Are not attending school regularly 13. Have SEBN 14. Are on the CPR 15. Are young carers

Transforming lives through learning QI 5.3 Meeting learners’ needs

Transforming lives through learning QI 1.1 Improvements in performance

Transforming lives through learning Successes: what’s inspection telling us?  Greater diversity of provision  Excellent practice in mainstream  Improving trend in special schools.  Majority of complex needs schools are very good or excellent  Wellbeing indicators becoming embedded.

Transforming lives through learning Successes: what’s inspection telling us?  Increasing use of assistive technology  Use of 4 contexts for learning is engaging pupils  Schools understand better the needs of less visible groups and have systems for helping and supporting them  Improving outcomes for autism

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What do we know from the Ministerial Reports about the quality and range of support for young people with additional support needs?

Transforming lives through learning “ However, those with 'hidden' additional support needs, for example those children and young people who are looked after, who have mental health difficulties, those in transition and those who are young carers, continue to require more support. …. There also continues to be a need to share practice to support consistency in the identification of, and provision for, additional support needs.” Ministerial Report to Parliament 2012

Transforming lives through learning Work on identifying, assessing, and supporting young carers Additional training for teachers including with third sector groups Toolkit for secondary schools Effective tracking and monitoring (Western Isles Council) Young carers coordinators in schools (Stirllng Council) Multi-agency group support strategy (Fife Council) Particularly effective: (Calderglen High School, St Andrew’sSecondary School and Falkirk High School) Getting it Right for Young Carers :

Transforming lives through learning Young people experiencing transitions Efficient transfer of high quality information including ways to support children (Mossvale nursery) Mentors who support young people after they have left school (Smithycroft Secondary) Partnerships with parents (Woodlands School) Enhanced transitions from primary/secondary (Knightswood Secondary) Building a network of community partners who work with pupils social enterprise projects (Kibble Care, independent) Transitions teams in schools and authorities (Leuchars Primary)

Transforming lives through learning Looked after children (1) Suitable skills to enable staff to provide a nurturing and supportive environment (Meadowview EECC) Personalised programmes to manage change and loss, and develop their emotional wellbeing (Aitkenbar Primary) A nurture environment (Raploch Primary) Children spoke confidently about range of support available (St Michael’s Primary)

Transforming lives through learning Looked after children (2) High expectations of looked after children’s learning, attendance and behaviour and monitoring these systematically.( Kirkintilloch High School) Enhanced support at transitions (Thurso High, Harmeny Trust, Aspire Education) Making effective use of data (Wallacehall Academy) Shared approaches to meeting the learning and care needs of children looked after away from home (Northview)

Transforming lives through learning 5 minute task What improvements do you want to see over the next ten years and why?

Transforming lives through learning 1 Improving outcomes LAC at home (GIRFEC) 2 Learning across care and education 3 Post 16 transitions for YP with complex needs 4 Data about the progress of pupils with complex needs 5 Review the impact and effectiveness of CSPs Next steps

Transforming lives through learning 6 Higher numbers and Individual planning for additional support (bureaucracy) is there a better way? 7 Updating the code of practice 8 Legislation to articulate with Children’s Act/CYP Act 9 Share best practice better (ES working on this /Doran) 10 Review the inspection framework for evaluating the quality of additional support needs Next steps

Transforming lives through learning Inspirational quotes for the next ten years! The best way to predict the future is to create it. (Abraham Lincoln) Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. (William James) If you’re going through hell…keep going. (Winston Churchill)

Transforming lives through learning Additional support needs: Ten years On