The transfer of children with Special Educational Needs and Disability - (SEND)

The transfer of children with Special
Educational Needs and Disability
(SEND):
Information for families returning to the UK

Mandy Cyprus-Slater
Acting Principal Educational Psychologist
mandy.cyprus-slater@modschools.org

                    Directorate Children and Young People

Information about MOD SEND Processes

The MOD observes many processes and procedures which follow the
guidance in the 2015 Code of Practice (CoP) on Special Educational
Needs and Disability (SEND). For example:

SEN Support in schools “…should take the form of a four part
cycle through which earlier decisions are revisited, refined and
revised…. This is known as the graduated approach.”
(CODE OF PRACTICE ON SEND 2015, PAGE 100, PARA 6.44)

However, due to different legal and financial and commissioning
arrangements overseas, MOD services do not produce Education,
Health and Care Plans (EHCP) or maintain them when a child moves
overseas.

What is a “Graduated Approach” ?

Taken from “SEN Support and the Graduated Approach” by NASEN

MOD SEND Processes
SEN support is provided through 3 levels of graduated response, which
is consistent with practice in the UK. Each level is recorded in the
format of a Record of Identification, Assessment and Intervention
(RIAISEN):

•   RIAISEN 1 – this involves the class teacher responding to Initial Concerns
•   RIAISEN 2 – at this level the class teacher involves the SENCO
•   RIAISEN 3* – at this level external consultants support the process offering
    assessment and advice as appropriate.

*A number of children will have support planned through the Early Help
process, which involves agencies external to school. This process is often
equivalent to the RIAISEN 3.
Some schools may also use a Provision Plan to show what works well for a
child who may not require specific interventions.

The MOD SCAN
A very small number of children in MOD schools have long
term/complex special educational needs and are likely to require a
high level of support or special educational provision. These
children may require an integrated assessment, similar to that
carried out in the UK and referred to as an EHCP*. In MOD schools
this is referred to as a SCAN (Service Children’s Assessment of
Need).
                   SCAN = analogous to an EHCP*

MOD schools are unlikely to be able to provide special education
provision for children with very complex needs, so please be aware that
thresholds for an EHCP may be different in the UK from those for a
SCAN.

*EHCP in (UK)/ Individual Education Plan ( Wales)/ Coordinated Support Plan ( Scotland)/ Statement of Special
Educational Needs ( NI)

Moving school with a SCAN or EHCP…
Many UK Local Authorities do not recognise a SCAN as an EHCP (they
are not legally obliged to) although some have treated them the same.

They are required to use all relevant evidence, including MOD SCANs,
when considering provision for Service children.

“WHEN CONSIDERING PROVISION FOR SERVICE CHILDREN
WITH SEN OR DISABILITIES, (A LOCAL AUTHORITY SHOULD)
USE ALL RELEVANT EVIDENCE, INCLUDING STATEMENTS
MADE FOR SERVICE CHILDREN IN WALES AND NORTHERN
IRELAND, AS WELL AS CO-ORDINATED SUPPORT PLANS MADE
FOR THEM IN SCOTLAND AND THE SERVICE CHILDREN’S
ASSESSMENT OF NEED (SCAN) COMPLETED FOR THEM BY
SCE.”
(CODE OF PRACTICE ON SEND 2015, PAGE 219, 10.104, PARA 5)

And the SEND Code of Practice also says….

“SOME CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WILL MOVE BETWEEN
LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS WHILE THEY ARE BEING ASSESSED
FOR A PLAN….
….DEPENDING ON HOW FAR THE ASSESSMENT HAS
PROGRESSED, THIS INFORMATION SHOULD HELP THE NEW
AUTHORITY COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT MORE QUICKLY
THAN IT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE DONE.”
((CODE OF PRACTICE ON SEND 2015, PAGE 193, 9.162)

The MOD “SEND Transfer of Information Pack”
                            This can be provided for children who
                            have SEND and are moving from MOD
                            schools. It contains information for the
                            new school about MOD systems and
                            your child.

                            This WILL include:

                            •   Explanation of MOD SEND systems
                                and SCAN
                            •   Personal Information
                            •   Chronology of assessments and
                                interventions
                            •   Pupil Information Profile
                            •   Any current RIAISEN / IEP

                            This CAN include:

                            •   Parental Summary (if not in existing
                                documents)
                            •   Child’s own views (if not in existing
                                documents)
                            •   Specialist reports and advice
                            •   All RIAISEN and SCAN reports
                            •   ANYTHING ELSE IT NEEDS!
                            •     MOD process

Tips and suggestions
when moving:

     Check out the
      LOCAL OFFER….
    (available on Local Authority
     websites)
     Contact UK schools and find out as much as you can.
     Share information about your child
     Ask about what the provision will actually look like for your child
     Use the Transfer of Information Pack and talk with your SENCo
     Consider a Transition Planning meeting before you leave
     Register your child with the Children’s Education Advisory Service
      (CEAS)

If you have any further questions…?

 In the first instance contact your child’s class
  teacher or the school SENCo

 Or see the contact list if you need more specialist
  advice…..

BFG Contact Information
                                          Speech and Language             Senior Educational             Senior Education Social
SCHOOL            SENCO                   Therapist                       Psychologist                   Worker
Attenborough      Michelle Hill           Phoebe Noetzel                  Judith Lee                     Christine Kane
Bielefeld         Alison Halstead         Saskia Dady                     Judith Lee                     Christine Kane
Bishopspark       Christine Caulfield     Phoebe Noetzel                  Judith Lee                     Christine Kane
Bishopspark FS1   Claire Sell             Phoebe Noetzel                  Judith Lee                     Christine Kane
Haig              Heather Henry           Saskia Dady                     Judith Lee                     Christine Kane
John Buchan       Pete Robb               Saskia Dady                     Judith Lee                     Christine Kane
King's School     Baden Burns             Saskia Dady                     Judith Lee                     Christine Kane

                                          Phoebe Noetzel                  Judith Lee                     Christine Kane
                                          phoebe.noetzel346@mod.uk        judith.lee@modschools.org      christine.kane@modschools.org
                                          05254 9825498                   05241 842399                   05254 9824901
   CONTACT          Contact SENCos via
 INFORMATION           their school       Saskia Dady                     Mandy Cyprus-Slater
                                          saskia.dady545@mod.uk           Acting Principal Ed. Psychol.
                                          05241 843931                    mandy.cyprus-slater@modschools.org
                                                                          05241 842399

                      The above specialists may be involved in plans to support your child at RIAISEN 3 in school

and finally….

 If your child has special educational needs
  remember to register them with CEAS (see leaflet
  for more information)

 Email: DCYP-CEAS-Enquiries@mod.uk