Provision Map – New Features October 2021
We are pleased to announce that the following features are now available within Provision Map. October 2021 Parent collaboration You now have the ability to allow parents to contribute to plans, on a plan per plan basis. You can make an text area available to parents...
Provision Map – New Features August 2021
We are pleased to announce that the following features are now available within Provision Map. Area Dashboard Improvements National Baseline Statistics report has now been added at Area level (Reports > National Baseline Statistics). You are able to select upto 5...
SENCO Year Part 5
The SENCO Year using Tes - Provision MapThe fifth half term: So, we trundle into the Summer term and whilst those who have the delights of Y11 are normally counting down to the exams and ‘gain time’ on their timetables, SENCOs are as busy as ever. In secondary, my...
Links between Provision Map and Class Charts
If you are reading this post then the chances are you have one of our products already, but not everyone is aware of the other products in the Edukey suite or how some of them link together. Standalone Products First let us address two completely...
Interventions (or Provisions)
Back when I started provision mapping (which feels like a century ago) I had a lovely collection of sticky sheets with the relevant information that would get duly moved around a board in my office as required. No one asked me how much something cost, or what an...
Provision Map Print Centre
Working with our students there will always be a need to share information with other professionals and not all will have access to your Provision Map software – this is where the print centre is a handy feature. The print centre does exactly what you would imagine a...
SENCO Year Part 4 (Passports)
The SENCO Year using Tes - Provision MapThe fourth half term: Well, if this was a normal year – which it very definitely isn't – then I would be looking at the reviews for my provisions, setting up my summer term interventions, and putting in place transitional...
SMART targets for SEN plans
A goal without a plan is just a wish Antoine de Saint-Exupery I would be surprised if you are unfamiliar with the concept of SMART target setting, however, familiarity doesn’t always make us very good at it, I’ll admit to struggling at times and sometimes we need to...
Pupil Premium
Whilst Free School Meals may have been the focus of headlines and the digital divide for those students, those of us based inside the walls of education know that it actually encompasses a far larger group of students. Those who are currently in receipt...
Remote Education and Lockdown #3
When we experienced the first lockdown, there was a message that schools were ‘childcare’, and the national curriculum was suspended. That message eventually changed, and schools were expected to provide some form of education, although being new to the...
Wellbeing in Schools
Having an app to track wellbeing is great (and we offer a brilliant one, more details here: https://pages.classcharts.com/wellbeing/ ) but gathering data is no use unless we are going to put something in place to support the identified issues. Here is a...
Managing your Provision Map account during lockdown
Provision Map – Lockdown – What do I do with my account?This blog was presented as a webinar on 15th and 22nd January 2021. To access a recording of the webinar please click here. Lockdown 3 – and the semi-closure of school gates along with a lot of unanswered...
Measuring Outcomes
My background is in science and I like maths – sorry! It does, however, mean that I like to be able to use the same scale to compare several, unrelated things and that comes in really handy when we transfer over to looking at SEN data. The reason we put interventions...
Safeguarding
Safeguard My School Generally, the SENCO forms a part of the wider safeguarding team in schools, after all, we are the ones who ask all the prying questions into a child’s background and spend a lot of time building up relationships with families. It makes sense....
Templates – (IEP’s, Learning Plans & IDP’s)
As a long-term veteran of the SENCO world, I have seen variations of learning plans come and go and often cycle back round again with a different name. I like the good old-fashioned “learning plan” that is loaded as default on the system, it has everything I need:...
What do governors need to know and how can your Provision Map software help?
Governors – part one Whilst your Head Teacher or Principal is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the school, the strategic responsibilities lie with the governing board (or if you are a multi academy trust with the trustees who may have delegated to local...
School Robins
School Robins: I’ve been teaching for too long! I recall the days where you needed information about a particular student and would send little Freddie, who was in need of a sensory break, on an errand with a piece of paper in a large brown envelope marked with staff...
The SENCO Year Part 2: Using Tes – Provision Map
The SENCO Year Part 2 using Tes - Provision MapThe second half term:Join an intimate SENCO Webinar with our in-house SENCO Abigail Hawkins. We want to provide SENCOs with tools to help them reduce their workload and support them through the phases of the SENCO Year...