SEND Link Newsletter: SEND News
June 2021 edition
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Have your say on Trafford Health Visiting and School Nursing Services
In order to improve our services for children and young people, we are reviewing our Health Visiting and School Nursing Services.
As part of this review we’d like to hear your views and thoughts! If you have used our school nursing and health visiting services, you can share your experiences with our quick survey.
The survey will help to shape what our services look like in the future and make sure they meet the needs of our children and young people in Trafford.
The online survey is available at: https://trafford.citizenspace.com/adults/snhvsurvey
Paper copies are also available if necessary. Please contact Mark Coates in Trafford’s Commissioning team on: 0161 912 1315 or at mark.coates@trafford.gov.uk.
The deadline is: 28/06/2021
Find out more on the Trafford Directory:
- Sale Central Health Visiting Team | Trafford Directory
- Central School Nursing Team | Trafford Directory
New SEND mediation service
KIDS are the new provider for SEND Mediation and Disagreement Resolution in Trafford.
KIDS Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Mediation helps parents and young people resolve disputes about Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessments and Plans, as well as other SEND related issues. They have a team of specialist and fully accredited SEND mediators with many years of experience.
SEND Mediation is an informal, confidential and voluntary process. It is entirely free of charge for families.
Read more on Trafford’s Local Offer:
- KIDS SEND Mediation Service | Trafford Directory
- Disagreement resolution, mediation and SEND tribunal | Trafford Directory
SEND Schools Capital Funding - High Needs Provision
The Department for Education (DfE) announced local authority funding to support the provision of new places for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and those requiring alternative provision.
This is collectively referred to as high needs provision.
Funding will be provided for financial year 2021-22 through a new grant called the high needs provision capital allocation (HNPCA).
This follows on from the special provision funding that was received for the financial years 2018-19 to 2020-21. See how we spent previous funding.
Our allocation of this funding is £1,676,744.
The funding is mainly intended to create new places and improve existing provision for children and young people with complex needs or who have an education, health and care plan (EHCP). However, it can also be used to support SEND pupils without an EHCP and pupils who require alternative provision without an EHCP, where appropriate.
Trafford Proposals and Consultation
A consultation on Trafford’s proposals is currently taking place and will have closed by 18 June 2021. There are a number of proposed schemes and include:
- Firs Primary School – additional small specialist class for 10 children across key stages 1 and 2 for pupils with a range of complex needs. Planned to open in September 2022.
- Longford Park – Additional class capacity for 6 to 8 places to meet the needs of primary age children who present with social emotional mental health needs, autism spectrum and social communication needs, behaviour that challenges.
- Pictor Academy - Individualised learning space for children who require low stimulating environment and high adult support throughout the school day.
- Delamere School - Reconfiguration of nursery and early years classrooms to ensure a fit for purpose learning environment for additional pupils.
Expressions of interest have been sought from Trafford Schools regarding two additional small specialist classes:
- To meet autism spectrum and social communication needs in a mainstream secondary school for between 10 to 15 pupils. With additional support from Educational Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Healthy Young Minds. Planned opening in September 2022.
- For 10 pupils across key stages 1 and 2 for pupils with a range of complex needs.
Read more: Strategic priorities and proposals 2021-22 (trafford.gov.uk)
Consultation outcomes
We will publish all feedback we have received from parent, carers, young people, schools and early years’ settings on Trafford’s Local Offer.