Identification of need and inclusive provision
Introduction
The Inclusion and SEND team has produced two tools to improve support for mainstream educational settings in managing their provision for children with additional needs.
The tools are:
- An identification of needs descriptors in educational settings (INDES) framework of standardised terms breaking down the broad areas of SEND into seven specific sections which describe need
- An inclusion and provision self-evaluation framework (IPSEF) that settings can use to evaluate their provision to support inclusive practice and to demonstrate their compliance against the Ofsted framework, legal requirements, and Norfolk County Council's Provision Expected at SEN Support, known as PEaSS. It is intended to effectively be a 'one-stop tool' for settings to evaluate themselves.
Information and guidance
Core tools and guidance
- Implementing the INDES and IPSEF tools (Video)
- INDES Implementation Guide
- IPSEF Implementation Guide
- INDES complete web form (Word)
- INDES complete web form (PDF) - also Handout 1 in the INDES IPSEF Staff Meeting resources and handouts list below
- INDES descriptors - tabular format - also Handout 2 in the INDES IPSEF Staff Meeting resources and handouts list below
- IPSEF complete web form
- Whole setting costed provision map
Supporting tools and guidance
- INDES guide to complete SLCN section - also Handout 3 in the INDES IPSEF Staff Meeting resources and handouts list below
- INDES IPSEF parent / carer communication
- INDES data collation tool (optional)
- IPSEF action planning tool (optional)
- IPSEF report for provision (optional)
- Inclusion in a Nutshell - Primary (optional)
- Inclusion in a Nutshell - Secondary (optional)
- INDES IPSEF Staff meeting resources and handouts:
- Introduction Staff Meeting template
- Handout 1 Complete INDES web form - Please see INDES complete web form (PDF) above
- Handout 2 INDES descriptors table - Please see INDES descriptors - tabular format above
- Handout 3 INDES guide to complete SLCN section - Please see INDES guide to complete SLCN section above
- Handout 4 Shared Example: Polly
- Handout 5 Completed INDES descriptors table shared example: Polly
- Handout 6 Shared example: Jake
- Handout 7 Completed INDES descriptors table shared example: Jake
- Handout 8 PEaSS document: To ensure you have the most up to date version of the PEaSS guidance, please download this from Provision Expected at SEN Support (PEaSS) guidance - Norfolk County Council
- Handout 9 PEaSS posters: These are currently not able to be hosted on our website due to accessibility criteria. We are working to address this. For the time being, the posters can be accessed via our Inclusion and SEND Learning Network Sharepoint site. If you do not currently have access to the SharePoint site, request access by emailing: lucie.hobbs@norfolk.gov.uk.