Provision Management The Northumberland Approach Inclusion Service Conference Hexham Mart Wednesday, 4 th June 2008

1. Children’s Services Directorate Provision ManagementThe Northumberland ApproachInclusion Service ConferenceHexham MartWednesday, 4th June 2008

2. The software has the capability to…. • To provide Inclusion Service Teams information about • The progress and outcomes of the children and young people they are providing a service to on an • Individual • School • Partnership of schools • Authority wide basis • Provide evidence to support • self evaluation • target setting • commissioning

3. AEN and SEN Concerns • High level of bureaucracy • IEPs • Formal Assessment and Review • Quality of Data and Information • IEPs • Formal Assessment and Review • Inconsistent pupil progress measures • Value for money • Do the most vulnerable children get the highest level of support? • Is all available resource being used in schools? • Are the most effective interventions being used? • Can operational and strategic planning be improved?

4. Provision Management is a Strategic Management Tool that… • supports processes for monitoring, evaluating and planning provision to meet diverse needs • secures the entitlement of all pupils • enables achievement and standards to be raised • facilitates cost effective use of budgets • uses data and evidence • To track progress of individuals, groups, classes etc • To inform planning and decision making

5. Provision Management SIMS Software • Key Features • Reduces bureaucracy • Enables targets to be set and pupil progress to be tracked over time • Allows the effectiveness of interventions to be evaluated • Can support school improvement agenda • Enables • Pupil progress to be tracked on a termly basis using competency targets aligned to national curriculum progress measures • Early identification and intervention with pupils making poor progress • Incorporates • Template documentation for Assessments, Reviews, Interventions, Pupil Progress, Letters to Parents

6. The software will…. • Provide a map detailing which children and young people at getting an input or intervention that is “additional to or different from” the differentiated mainstream curriculum • [All personal data available directly from SIMS] • Enable a map to be created for specific groups of children e.g. by:- • Gender - Age • LAC - Month of Birth • Travellers • Gifted and Talented • SEN Code of Practice Category

7. The software will…. • Provide accessible information that will enable the progress of children and young people (over time) to be monitored through small step targets • Literacy • Reading, Spelling, Writing • Numeracy • Targets relate to progress within the National Curriculum • Behaviour • Approach yet to be agreed • Information entered via drop down boxes • Flag students where progress is giving rise for concern

8. The software will…. • Generate • reports for children and young people and their parents • A programme plan summary for individual children • Group intervention sheets • Link to template documentation • Statutory Assessments • Annual Reviews • Transition Plans • Behaviour Logs

9. The software will…. • Store in one place ‘e’ documents such as • Statements • Reviews • Reports • In School • From Support Services or the Local Authority • Letters to Parents

10. The software has the capability to…. • Pool information across • Clusters of schools • Partnerships • Authority wide • Track costs of ‘additional tos and different froms… • Target activity for 2008 – 09

11. The software has the capability to…. • To provide Inclusion Service Teams information about • The progress and outcomes of the children and young people they are providing a service to on an • Individual • School • Partnership of schools • Authority wide basis • Provide evidence to support • self evaluation • target setting • commissioning

12. The software has the potential to…. • Flexibly take on new agendas • E.g. • Mapping provisions for children, young people and their families across a community or geographical area

13. Next Steps – From Now • All schools • To receive training in use of software (SENCo and Admin) – completed by end of Summer Term 2008 • To be supported via Computer Services helpline • Use template documentation • Intervention Sheets, Intervention Count Mark Sheet, Pupil Profile, School Report for Pupils with Additional Educational Needs and Behaviour Log • to • Request formal assessments, • Undertake formal assessments • Complete Annual and Transition Reviews

14. Next Steps – From Now • All Partnerships • SENCo Partnership meetings • Support • Feedback • New developments • Recruit a Practitioner Provision Management Steering and Operations Group

15. Next Steps – Next Year • Provision Management approach to incorporate • costs of interventions • enable value for money judgements to be made • Develop the means to identify most effective interventions and share good practice countywide • Early Years Provision Management • Behaviour • Progress of pupils to be tracked • Effectiveness of Interventions to be evaluated

16. Next Steps – Medium Term • Early Years Provision Management • Community Provision Maps