Best Start Early Year’s offer of
Support for children with
Additional Needs
Best Start Early Year’s offer of Support
for children with Additional Needs
• The Best Start Early Years Team have redesigned the
offer of support for children with additional needs .
• The aim is to have a professional support network around
the setting with targeted intervention for children and
holistic support for the setting provided by the Best Stat
Learning Collaboration
• The Best Stat Early Years team will provide short
interventions which could be from an EP, Behaviour
Support Specialist or a Key Worker.
• The need will be assessed by the Best Start Area
Inclusion Coordinator and the most appropriate
resource will be allocated
Best Start Early Years offer
Children who have been identified as tracking 1-2 bands behind in 2 or more Prime Areas or with
significant behavioural needs.
Intervention
Details
Length
EP assessment (non statutory)
EP will undertake a visit to the setting , seek views of
parents and key person/SENCO and observation of
child’s presenting need. Advice strategies and next
steps for support .
1 Visit maximum 3 hours
EP Intervention
Undertake a visit to the setting , Seek views of parent s Max 6 visits over a agreed time frame
and key person/SENCO and observation of child’s
presenting need . Will advice strategies and plan
programme of intervention
Behaviour support intervention Undertake a visit to the setting , Seek views of parent s Max 6 visits over a agreed time frame
and key person/SENCO and observation of child’s
presenting need. Will advice strategies and
intervention and to follow a programme to support
behaviour management.
Key worker Intervention
Will agree a programme of intervention with parents
and key person/SENCO. This will include strategies,
modelling and peer to peer observations.
Max 3 visits over half a term
Children who have been identified has tracking 1 band behind in a Prime Area
Intervention
Details
Length
Best Start learning
Collaboration
There will be no direct intervention for a child but setting will
receive support to ensure learning environment meets children
needs
Evidence
• Early help form with an over view of the identified need,
the interventions that have been undertaken and the
evidence of lack of progress
• Support Plan with clear targets and action
• Observations evidencing each area of need
• Recent tracking no older than 6 weeks
• Sent to [email protected]
Early Years Funding for
children with additional needs
Early Years Funding
• Funding to support Early Years settings to make
appropriate provision for all children with SEND comes
from two sources, the Early Years Block and the High
Needs Block:
• The Early Years Block must have Inclusion Fund under
the new guidance
• The inclusion fund is made up of 2 elements –inclusive
practice and targeted funding
• The personalised funding comes from the High Needs
block
Inclusive practice
• This is to facilitate inclusive practice and the capacity of
the SENCO and to enable setting to implement what
should already be available.
• Funding is allocated based on the number of children
claimed on January Census head count day.
• A budget is then allocated and paid throughout the year
• The amount is £55.56 for every child
• The amount is clearly stated on funding sheets
Targeted funding for Individual children
• This is the amount that a SENCO would request from
the local authority to support children who are vulnerable
and have needs over and above what should already be
available.
• This is likely to be children who have some additional
needs in two or more areas of EYFS and would benefit
from targeted additional adult support and interventions
over a short period of time, typically one term.
Area
Criteria
Budget allocation
Cognition and Learning
1 band behind in PSED
and at least one other
area of development
(Typically children who
are 12 months behind
their chronological age)
£4.88 for the number of funded
hours the child attends in a week
and the number of weeks in a
term
Communication and Interaction
(including speech and language)
1 band behind in CAL and
PSED (Typically children
who are 12 months behind
their chronological age)
£4.88 for the number of funded
hours the child attends in a week
and the number of weeks in a
term
Social, Emotional, and Mental
Health (Personal, Social and
Emotional Development)
1 band behind in PSED
and CAL (Typically
children who are 12
months behind their
chronological age)
£4.88 for the number of funded
hours the child attends in a week
and the number of weeks in a
term
Sensory and /or Physical Needs
1 band behind in PD and
at least one other area of
development (Typically
children who are 12
months behind their
chronological age)
£4.88 for the number of funded
hours the child attends in a week
and the number of weeks in a
term
Personalised funding for individual
children
• For a small minority of children who have complex and
acute needs, the range and level of support required to
make appropriate provision is likely to be above the
resources ordinarily available through universal and
targeted provision.
• This is likely to be for children who have moderate or
severe learning difficulties and/or have significant
medical and physical needs which require the support
from a range of health, social care and education
services.
Area
Criteria
Budget allocation
Moderate
Learning
difficulties
1 band behind in prime areas
(Typically children who are 1218mths months behind their
chronological age)
£4.88 for the number of funded hours the
child attends in a week and the number of
weeks in a term
SEVERE
Learning
difficulties
2 bands behind in prime areas
(Typically children who are 24
months behind their chronological
age)
£7.38 for the number of funded hours the
child attends in a week and the number of
weeks in a term
Significant
3 bands behind areas (Typically
medical and children who are 30 months behind
physical
their chronological age)
needs
£9.66 for the number of funded hours the
child attends in a week and the number of
weeks in a term
Evidence
• Baseline Assessment/Evidence of information gathered
when child started at setting (including 2 year check,
where applicable).
• Tracking – exact not best fit. NO older than 6 weeks
• Support Plan clearly showing the Assess Plan Do Review
Cycle (what strategies/differentiated
activities/resources/enhanced ratios you have tried and
the impact, if any).
• Provision Map
• Any information from other professionals and
parents/carers.