The new national agenda for SEND An update ISC SEN Annual Conference

1. The new national agenda for SEND An updateISC SEN Annual Conference Thursday 22nd November 2012

2. Current Statistics • 19.8% of pupils identified with SEND • 2.8% with Statements • 17% without Statements- a reduction • 39% (of the 19.8%) maintained special schools • 53.7% (of the 19.8%) maintained mainstream schools • 19.8% of statements for ASD • 24.6% of those in special school SLD • 21.8% primary & 22.6% secondary with MLD • 29.1% Primary pupils SLCN – 29% Secondary BESD DfE Statistical First Release – National Statistics October 2012

3. Children with Special Needs – An Analysis – October 2012 • Boys two and half times more likely to have statements at primary school • Three times more likely at secondary school • 24.5% boys with statement or SA+ - BESD • Looked after children 10 times more likely to have statements • Pupils with SEND more likely to be eligible for free school meals

4. Current Landscape • SEND Green Paper: Support and Aspiration - Progress & Next Steps • Draft Legislation on reform for children and young people with SEN • Ofsted Inspection Arrangements for Schools – Sept 2012 • New Teachers’ Standards & CPD – Sept 2012 • Increase of the number of pupils with complex needs in mainstream schools • DISS outcomes & recommendations • Funding and Pupil Premium • SENCO Award • Achievement for All

5. Next Steps • Early Identification and support • Giving parents control • Learning and achieving • Planning for adulthood • Services working together for families

6. Next Steps • Training and Development-Teaching Schools/CLDD materials • www.education.gov.uk/complexneeds • www.education.gov.uk/lamb/ • Single School Category (for SEND) • Single assessment/ Education, Health and Care Plan • Health and wellbeing boards – new role • Widening the range of special educational provision- special academies and free school options • Local Offer- clarity of what is available for families • Parents – Greater control over services • School Funding Reform • Preparing for adulthood

7. Legislative Timetable for Pathfinders • Draft Bill by Summer 2012 • Consultative stages Autumn 2012- Spring 2013 • Education Select Committee call for evidence • Children & Families Bill introduced in Spring 2013 • Royal Assent and implementation 2014 (thought to be implemented from September 2014) • Pathfinder funding now extended to Sept 2014 There are 20 Pathfinders covering 31 LAs- details can be found at www.SENDPathfinder.co.uk

8. Draft legislation for reform to SEN provision for C & YP • Legal definition of special educational needs remains the same • Local authorities and clinical commissioning groups must make arrangements for jointly commissioning services for children with SEN in their area • Local authorities must produce their ‘local offer’ of available education, health and care services • Education, Health and Care Plans (0 – 25) replace statements of SEN • Section 139A assessment (Learning Difficulty Assessments) cease to apply and is replaced by a re-assessment /annual review of the EHC Plan • All of the provisions of the Bill will apply to all schools including Academies and Free Schools • Schools must still have an SEN Co-ordinator • Right to a mainstream education remains the same • Local authorities must prepare personal budget in relation to an EHC plan where a request has been made by the parent or young person • Compulsory requirement for a parent or young person to participate in mediation before they can appeal to the Tribunal • There will be a revised Code of Practice

9. Teacher Standards ( 2012) • There is no requirement for teachers in independent schools to have achieved QTS, nor for the standards to be used in any performance management process. However, it is likely that some independent schools will choose adopt the new standards. • From April 2012, the new Teaching Agency use Part 2 of the teachers’ standards, relating to professional and personal conduct, to assess cases of serious misconduct against teachers in any educational setting.

10. Pupil Premium • 2011 – 2012 £625m rising to £2.5bn by 2014-2015 • £488 per pupil in 2011 – 2012 (FSM) • Eligibility in 2012-2013 – FSM in last 6 years • £600 per pupil in 2012 – 2013 • Up to £50m to be spent on Summer Schools • Children in Care • Children of Parents in Armed forces - £250 per pupil

11. New Ofsted Framework • Achievement • Value added progress • Moderation • Above average progress • The quality of teaching • Use of assessment information • Monitoring • Use of support staff • Working independently • Behaviour and safety • Disproportionate representation of pupils – attendance, punctuality, exclusions etc. • Rigorous tracking • Leadership and management • Accuracy of identification, rigorous observation, evaluation, assessment of pupils with SEND

12. Equality Act 2010 • Single legal framework • Consolidates all pre-existing equality duties • Covers many different areas of life • ‘Responsible body’ -‘proprietor’ of an independent school and a non-maintained special school • Disability: Reasonable adjustments • Disability discrimination

13. Accessibility Plans Three elements: • Curriculum • Physical environment • Information for disabled pupils

14. Auxiliary aids • Can a school charge disabled pupils or their parents for the additional cost of providing auxiliary aids? • No, the Act prohibits schools from passing on the cost of reasonable adjustments to the disabled pupil

15. Role of SENCO • Senior leadership - status • Strategic • Relevant skills, knowledge, understanding and attributes • Raising Standards • School Improvement • Lead Teaching and Learning

16. Roles and responsibilities • Every teacher is a teacher of children and young people with SEND • Whole school professional development • Wider workforce • Specialist teachers • TDA Salt and Lamb training • Voluntary Sector • Parents, Carers and Families • Health and Social Care

17. A Whole School Approach to Improving Access, Participation and Achievement • 2 year project • Development of a SEND training tool-kit for schools • Year 1 – Secondary – Year 2 – Primary • Delivery by Lead SENCOs to clusters of SENCOs across England • Support to SENCOs in whole school action planning and future CPD needs

18. A Whole School Approach to Improving Access, Participation and Achievement

19. Opportunities for change • Changes in provision; Academies, free schools • Reduction of LA SEN support • Joining forces • Increased parental choice; personal budgets • Developing your “Whole School Approach” Tool- kit

20. Jane Friswell • Lead Consultant SEND • nasen.org.uk • nasentraining.org.uk • jane@friswell.com