Data Collection
If you don’t know what to do with the data you’re collecting, you probably don’t need it. This is an excellent mantra for SENCOs when faced with the mountain of data we inevitably end up with. Education as a whole collects a lot of data and the role of SENCO is no...
Wellbeing in Provision Map
Schools who have the Class Charts Wellbeing package can now display a pupil's Wellbeing graph in Pupil Profiles along with Behaviour. To enable this feature go to School Settings > School Details > Display Class Charts Wellbeing: 'Set to Yes'. The pupil...
5 Steps to Effective Interventions
The term ‘intervention’ is often used to describe a short-term, focused teaching programme with specific intended outcomes aimed at individuals or small groups of pupils with particular needs. Interventions are provided in addition to high quality teaching in the...
Provision Map – New Features March 2019
We are pleased to announce the following features are now available within the Provision Map software. Please refer to our knowledge base on how to use these new features. Users are able to add tables to our new templates – Users can now add ‘tables’ to plan new...
Readiness for additional learning needs reforms – Estyn report October 2018 and Welsh Government response
Reading time: 5 minutes Please find attached links to the October 2018 Estyn report “Readiness for additional learning needs reforms” and the Welsh Government response: "Readiness for additional learning needs reforms" report Welsh Government...
Cabinet Secretary for Education’s update on Additional Learning Needs (ALN) transformation programme
Reading time: 5 minutes Please see below a link to the publication of the Cabinet Secretary for Education Kirsty Williams’ 17 July update to the Children, Young People and Education Committee (CYPE) on the progress of the Additional Learning Needs (ALN)...
Why all primary schools should introduce One Page Profiles
Reading time: 5 mins When my daughter was a baby it was my job to decipher her noises and know when she wanted to be fed, to be changed or to have a nap. As she began to develop her own unique babble the same remained true, even if her requests were a bit...
All Change for ALN – update
Reading time: 3 minutes The long-awaited Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Bill was passed by the National Assembly for Wales on 12 December 2017 and after receiving Royal Assent became an Act on 24 January 2018. The Welsh Government...
Statements of Special Educational Need
Reading time: 3 minutes A question being asked by many is ‘are Statements going?’ The answer is ‘yes’. The next question is ‘when will this happen?’ and ‘what will take its place?’ These answers will follow shortly but first, if you are reading this...
Role of the Additional Learning Needs Co-ordinator (ALNCo)
Reading time: 3 minutes The SENCo has always been a critical role in ensuring that children with special education needs and disabilities within a school receive the support they need. Gradually over the years the SENCo role has grown in importance. Under...
Person Centred planning (PCP)
Reading time: 3 minutes One of the key elements of the ALN Transformation Programme is: “To improve the planning and delivery of support for learners from 0 to 25 with ALN, placing learners’ needs, views, wishes and feelings at the heart of the process.”...
Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Innovation Funding
Reading time: 2 minutes As part of the implementation of the ALN Reform Programme the ALN Innovation Fund made available across all Welsh regions is supporting to develop and promote innovative, multi-agency and cross-sector working to support learners...
Summary of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018
Reading time: 3 minutes In March, a paper was released that summarises the provisions of the Act and its passage through the National Assembly for Wales. Here are the headlines from the Act: The Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act...
Additional Learning Needs and Educational Tribunal (Wales) Bill
Reading time: 3 minutes Welsh Government ALN Study Welsh Government has commissioned Arad Research and the University of South Wales to conduct research into the systems in place to support children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and...
Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal
Reading time: 3 minutes The wheels of motion continue to gather momentum. The last major milestone was in December when the National Assembly for Wales passed the...
ALN Bill – Where are we now and what is next?
Reading time: 3 minutes Where are we now and what is next? 2 major next steps 1. ALN...
Individual Development Plans (IDPs)
A key feature of the ALNET Bill is to provide an Individual Development Plan (IDP) for all pupils aged 0-25 with Additional Learning Needs. This also includes replacing all existing Statements of Special Educational Needs with IDPs. Reading time: 3 minutes Individual...
National Assembly for Wales passes Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Bill
National Assembly for Wales passes Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Bill Reading time: 3 minutes Additional Learning Needs and Educational Tribunal (Wales) Bill On Wednesday 13th December, The National Assembly for Wales passed the Additional...
Additional Learning Needs and Educational Tribunal (Wales) Bill – Aims of the Bill
The introduction of the term Additional Learning Needs (ALN) The Bill replaces the terms ‘special educational needs’ (SEN) and ‘learning difficulties and/or disabilities’ (LDD) with the new term ALN. This will help to avoid some of the stigma associated with the...
Additional Learning Needs and Educational Tribunal (Wales) Bill – The story so far
This is the first in a series of updates on the changes in ALN legislation taking place in Wales. The aim of these updates is to provide an overview of key developments as part of the ALNET - Additional Learning Needs and Educational Tribunal (Wales) Bill. Reading...