GMCA 8 Stage Assessment Model to be followed
Child is referred to ELCC upon child with SEN becoming known to Services.
Receive support at
home or in setting
and via keyworker
Case Management to be lead via SENDS
Planning via
Multiagency
Inclusion
Meetings (MIMs)
and Team Around
the Child (TAC).
Refer for EYAR
from around 18
months old
EYAR referral
group – consider
the request and
determine next
steps
Consider
Portage /Key
worker
referral
Portage /
Sensory /
Health /
Social Care
Terms of
reference
Consider
Involvement
from EP
Consider
Process /
Severity
criteria
Severe and complex
needs. Can be identified
aged 0-5
2 yr old
integrated
health
check
Access to a placement 2/
3/ 4 year old placement
Could require additional
support
Graduated
approach
to support
(ELCC/
SSET)
Planning and monitoring
via MIMs. Determine if
needs are likely to be
long term and over and
above what the setting
can provide.
Support and
intervention in
setting to remove
barriers.
Input from
agencies.
Packages of
support for families
Refer for Early Years
Additional Resources
Process
/Severity
criteria
Consideration of keyworker
Consider
2yr old
funding
applicatio
n
Terms of
reference
EHC assessment
initiated
Completed
assessment
EHC Panel – decision on
levels of support, whether
to issue an EHC plan and
placement
EY Process flowchart to be read alongside
Chapter 12 High Expectations for All
EYAR referral group – consider the
request and determine next steps
Obvious needs
will be over £6000
on entry to
school, long term,
severe and
complex
EHC
assessment
initiated
Completed
assessment
EHC Panel – decision on levels
of support, whether to issue
EHC plan and placement.
Not obvious if needs
will be over £6000
on entry to school, or
if they are long term
severe and complex
EYAR
agreed
EYAR not
agreed
Plan, Do,
Review during
reception
School to refer for EHC
assessment if criteria
met, following graduated
approach with
supporting evidence
Case Management to be lead via SENDS
PMLD pupils often
identified 0-2
usually by Health
via Early Notification
Case Management to be lead via ELCC
Settings, Child Health Services, Sensory Support using EYInc 4