SEN PROVISION - NOW AND IN THE FUTURE…

1. SEN PROVISION - NOW AND IN THE FUTURE… Tuesday, 30th January 2018

2. Key Messages • The level of need is outpacing the level of funding • We need to work in partnership & we need to learn from each other • We need to do things differently • We have an excellent track record of inclusive education that we must work to retain.

3. Quotes from SEND Inspection • “Multi-agency working in Greenwich is strong. The needs of children and young people are being met in a timely manner as a result of this.” • “Children and young people who have special educational needs and/or disabilities are strengthening their progress across all phases, compared to others nationally both at SEN support and with an EHC plan” • “School leaders say that the support provided by the local area helps them to identify the needs of pupils before an EHC plan assessment is completed.” • “High-quality support from Greenwich services specialising in hearing impairment, visual impairment and autistic spectrum disorders is consistently described as being of high quality by education settings and parents”

4. Quotes from SEND Inspection (cont) • “People working in the local area report feeling supported, well trained and able to influence change, through training and support for their staff, SENCO networks, sharing of good practice and easier and quicker routes to accessing services” • “Schools are clear about what is offered by therapeutic services, which means that they can use funds appropriately to obtain additional services to meet children’s needs.” • “Leaders in the local area recognise that the needs of some groups of children and young people should be identified more effectively. For example, the arrangements for identifying the social, emotional and mental health needs of girls in key stage 3 are rightly seen as a priority for improvement.”

5. SEN education outcomes 2017 • EYFSP: SEN support pupils performed above their national counterparts with 40% achieving a Good Level of Development compared to 27% nationally. No child with a statement/EHCP achieved GLD this year (due to the low numbers of pupils this measure can be volatile). • KS1: For SEN support pupils a higher proportion of Greenwich pupils achieving the expected standard compared to SEN support nationally across all three subjects. A slightly lower proportion of Greenwich pupils with a Statement/EHCP achieved the expected standard compared to nationally in reading and maths, writing was in line with national. • KS2: Both SEN support and Statement/EHCP Greenwich pupils outperformed their national counterparts. • KS4: There are no national comparators for 2017 until late January 2018. Last year RBG results were broadly in line with national averages for SEN Support pupils on the key measures and statement/EHCP pupils outperformed their peers nationally

6. What we have now • Nursery • Toucan • ICAN • Primary • Special school places: c250 places • DSPs (7 schools): c100 places • (ASD x 4, Hearing Impairment x 2, Language and Communication x1) • Kidbrooke Park Learning Centre • Waterside Outreach service • 6th Day Provision • FAP Behaviour support team • Secondary • Special school places: 245 • Kings Park: 85 • Newhaven • DSPs (8 schools): c170 places • (ASD x 2, MLD x 2, Hearing Impaired x1, Vision Impaired x 1, ASD/Speech and Language x1) • Post 16 • DSP at Shooters Hill

7. What we have now cont. • Outreach services • ASD • Sensory • Early Years Inclusion • Steps • Educational Psychologists • SEND Assessment and Review • SEND Keyworkers • CAMHs • Integrated Therapies – Speech and Language, OTs

8. What the data is telling us Five years to 2016 (estimates): Ages 0-4: +6% Ages 5-10: +20% Ages 11-18: steady Forecast increases 2016 to 2021: Ages 0-4: +9% Ages 5-10: +8% Ages 11-15: +22% Ages 16-18: +6%

9. SEND: EHCP trends • Around 3% of RBG young people have an EHC Plan • Around 41% of primary need is for ASD • Estimated 175 more children & young people with an EHC Plan in 2021, compared with 2016.

10. Future need for new specialist places Place Planning report (June 2017): Assessment of additional places needed by 2021: • Primary: around 100 additional specialist ASD places needed (special schools & DSPs); • Secondary: around 60 additional special school places needed, and pressure on DSP places.

11. Future provision for 19-25s with EHCPs • Expectation that new requirements for 19-25s with an EHC Plan will see demand for new provision rising quickly. • Modelling in early stages & will need refining (in terms of take up and drop off rates), but graph shows possible scenario.

12. Provision we would like to consult on …. • Increase/ strengthening Early Years Autism support • Developing KS2 provision for ASD with mental health needs/challenging behaviour • Reviewing the need for provision for developmental language disorder • Increasing ASD DSP provision • Developing provision for KS3 SEMH girls • Developing 19 – 25 year old provision

13. Systems and Processes to be consulted on • Hours Vs Banding to support EHC Plans • Early Years Funding • Reviewing the Moderation process for special schools • Reviewing additional funding (4k) for SEN Support • Moderation of SEN funding at school level • How we provide SEN travel assistance

14. POSSIBLE EARLY YEARS SOC COMM/ASD PATHWAY • Follows a graduated response to provision • Child and family centred approach • Integrated approach: gradual stepping up of the specialist interventions/professionals involved over time • Assessment incorporated at all levels of the process, linking to EHC planning processes where needed • Includes children at the earliest stages of social communication needs being identified, through the diagnostic process and into an appropriate educational setting

16. Education Provision 19 + • Need to work with parents re the difference between education and learning • New provision to enable this to be local day provision; • Need site and funding; • Currently having to go out of borough; • Children and Families Act say education up to 25 where appropriate, but this has not been accompanied by additional funding (either revenue or capital); • Significant lack of provision across the country

17. High needs block – trend since 2013/14 • Across 24 boroughs budgets increased by £93.5m (13%) and actual spend increased by £116.6m (16%) • Across the same 24 boroughs, the number of pupils with EHC plans increased by 10 per cent over the relevant time period (Jan 14 to Jan 17) • In 2016/17, the amount spent on high needs was greater than the amount allocated in 26 out of 31 boroughs • The aggregate ‘funding gap’ was £100 million • ‘Funding gap’ most commonly been met through transfers of funding from other blocks of the Dedicated Schools Grant (£45.6m); aminority of boroughs used reserves (£19.9m), DSG carry-forward (£10.9m) or general funds (£4.7m) • Several boroughs used a combination of the above methods.

18. SEN Travel Assistance • 26 out of 30 boroughs experienced overspends to SEN transport budgets in 2016/17, averaging £1m per borough. Across 20 boroughs spend on SEN transport increased by 20 per cent between 2013/14 and 2016/17 • We are currently approaching an annual spend of over 6 million from a budget which is 3.5 million • In Greenwich 58% of children and young people with an EHC receive travel assistance , across London boroughs the average is around 30%

19. Funding • Capital money • DfE have given us 2.2 million for the next 3 years to increase the number of places for SEN children. Need to prioritise and cost our proposals and then go out for consultation; • The High Needs budget has increased by 1.2 million for 2018/19; • In 2016/17 our high needs funding was 40.4 million; • At the end of that financial year we had £107,000 underspent.

20. SEN Assessment and Review Service Special school placement plus top up High Needs Funding Out of borough placements Key Workers Alternative provision (Inclusion and SEN) Additional top up for mainstream schools ASD Outreach CAMHs Steps Integrated therapies Sensory Service Post 19 Education DSPs Transport Education Psychologists Early Bird Parenting Classes Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit Waterside Outreach Team Equipment The Hospital Education Service Early years Inclusion Team

21. Discussion – Provision and Services What do you think? • What do you think are the priority provisions/services for your school? What have we missed ? • What are the things we could consider stopping to support new developments/priorities? • Where can you/have you created SEND capacity at school level? • What are the things that we cannot stop doing that you cannot create capacity/skills to meet within your school? • Other suggestions/thoughts?

22. First Steps • Share feedback from discussions – Heads Partnership/SENCos and Chairs of Governors • Financial review of High Needs Block • Financial review and pilot of SEND early years funding • Formal consultation for capital funding