National Guidance and Documents

• SEND Code of Practice

• Early Years: Guide to the 0 to 25 SEND code of practice

• Disabled Children and the Equality Act 2010: What early years providers need to know and do

• The Role of the Early Years SENCO

• Sharing Concerns with Families in Early Years Settings

• Sharing Concerns About a Child with Parents and Carers

Meet Your Early Years Area SENCO Team Leaflets

• Team Overview

• Emma Weaver

• Lizi Williams

• Sarah Saxton

• Joanne France

Early Years Area SENCO Referral Forms

• Request for Involvement Form

• Request for Involvement Re-Submission Form

Early Years Area SENCO Supporting Paperwork

• Guidance for Paperwork

• SEND Register

• A Graduated Approach File Checklist

• Background Information Form

• Parent or Carer and Child Views Form

• My Learning Passport

• One Page Profile

• Graduated Approach Record Sheet

• Graduated Approach Extension Sheet

• Key Person Assess Plan Do Review

• Disability Access Fund (DAF) 26 - 27

Early Years Toolkits

• Early Years SEND Toolkit (Graduated Approach)

• Ordinarily Available Inclusive Provision

• Early Years SEND Pathway to Excellence

Supporting Documents

• Early Years Developmental Journey

• Early Support Developmental Journal Recording Sheet

• Liverpool Social Communication and Play Journal

• Early Years Sensory Processing Resource Pack

• SEN and Disability in the Early Years Toolkit - Council For Disabled Children

• A Celebratory Approach to SEND Assessment in the Early Years - Pen Green Children’s Centre

• SEND Inclusion Audit and Action Plan

• Early Years Individual Health Care Plan

• Assess Plan Do Review for Childminders Jan 22

• Disability Access Fund (DAF) 25-26

• Foundation Years Trust and Citizens Advice Wirral have developed a short guide to help school and early years staff support families who may be eligible for Disability Living Allowance (DLA). Created through the Healthier Incomes project and informed by professionals and families with lived experience, the guide offers practical information to help staff provide evidence and signpost families to support.

  • A School and Early Years Guide to Supporting DLA Applications

• One Page Profile Exemplar Down Syndrome

• Learning Passport Exemplar

• Graduated Approach: Record Sheet Exemplar

Early Notification Process and Forms

• Early Notification Form

• Early Notification Process

• Early Notification - More Information

Special Educational Needs Inclusion Fund (SENIF)

• SENIF Guidance

• SENIF One Off Payment Application

• SENIF Two Term Application

Strategy and Advice Guides 

• Speech Language and Communication Difficulties

• Autism and Social Communication Strategies

• Physical and or Sensory Difficulties

• Social Emotional Behaviour Strategies

Transition Paperwork

• Children With SEND Transitioning to School Info Sharing Forms

• Transition Supporting SEND

• Starting School for a Child With Down Syndrome

• Schools Transition Planning Through the Year

Wirral Communication and Language Pathway 

• Speech and Language Pathway - awaiting new link

• Speech and Language Check - awaiting new link

• Communication Language Parents - awaiting new link