Children, Education and Communities

Early YearsInclusion Fund

  • Inclusion Fund Application Form Procedure and Requirements

For a new application - Pages 1 & 2 & 4

  • Termly Review Reportof Inclusion Funding

For a child already receiving funding see Pages 1, 3 and 4 only

This review MUST be completed even if no further funding is being requested

Deadline Date:10 November 2017

PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED AFTER THIS DATE

For those providers with secure e-mail

Applications must be sent electronically

For all other providers please post/deliver completed forms to

The Specialist Early Years Support Team,

The House, Hob Moor Children’s Centre,

Green Lane, Acomb,

York YO24 4PS.

City of York Early Years Inclusion Fund

Targeted Support

A small amount of additional funding is available to *support children from two years old with disabilities or additional needs who do not have an Education, Health & Care Plan (EHCP),until they attend Reception Class in school

* Support throughadditional staffing, it is unlikely that we will be able to fund equipment/resources.

We may consider applications for resources to settings where they do not require an additional member of staff to provide support, but where children have needed a specific resource.

Priority will be given to those children with ‘high needs–low incidence’ although support for children with ‘ high incidence–low needs’ will also be considered if they are meeting the descriptors of SEN Banding Threshold Level 2b and above.

Age of Children

Children identified with SENDfrom 2 to 5 years old in receipt of the Early Years Entitlement who are attending Early Years settings (PVI or maintained nurseries or childminders but not reception class in school) in York

Procedures

i)A copy of the child’s My Support Plan (MSP), should be completed as the main evidence of the child’s SEND. This document represents the views of the child and family and all practitioners involved with the child. The MSP includes:

a)assessment of the children’s development as recorded on the EYFS areas of learning and development and/or on an Early Support Developmental Journal (ESDJ) and any developmental measures or assessment tools recorded by specialists or support services.

b)tracking the child’s development on the EYFS or ESDJ or similar over time.

c)evidence of the interventions/actions by the Early Years Practitioners to meet the child’s needs to date, including completed My Agreed Outcomes (MAO) that have been evaluated; arrangements made during group and individual activities to facilitate the child’s learning and inclusion.

ii)Reports from the professional/support services involved should also be attached e.g. Portage, Specialist Early Years Teacher (SEN), Specialist Teachers (e.g. VI, HI, Physical/medical, Autism),Speech & Language Therapist (SALT), Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Educational Psychologist, etc. if their views are not included within the MSP.

iii)A copy of a Sessional Plan (attached), outlining when the child requires support (in minutes), what for specifically and what the adult-child ratio will be during that session.

iv)There will be a maximum of 75% EYIF of total time spent in the setting. The setting are required to make ‘reasonable adjustments’.

All applications will be considered by the EYIF panel and funding will normally be awarded for one term initially but may be continued based on the review/progress reports submitted.

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Application Form - Report from Early Years Setting for Child with Additional NeedsRequiring Additional Adult Support

Name of Child: / Date of Birth:
Name of Early Years Setting:
Number of days/hours attending:
Please show weekly attendance pattern / MON / TUES / WED / THUR / FRI
Name of SENCO & e-mail:
Please state child’s Primary Area of Need:
Specify precisely, but briefly, how you have met the child’s additional needs to date:
(e.g. plans for child’s entry to nursery, special arrangements, advice sought and actions taken to assess and meet the child’s needs)

* Attach copies ofMy Support Plan (MSP) including EYFS/ESDJ Tracking of Development

Specify how the inclusion funding will be used to support the child:

Please indicate the number of hours of support requested hrs/ wk.

(This must be clearly indicated on the Sessional Plan)

List of Reports from Support Services attached:

Form Completed by: ______Job Title ______

Signature: ______Date:______

* Countersigned by: ______Date: ______

Job Title: ______

* Parent’s signature: ______Date: ______

* All requests must be discussed with parents/carers and at least one of the support services, who should countersign the request for additional support form. EYA may counter-sign the form if the support service professional is unavailable.

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Termly Review Reportof Inclusion Funding

A copy of the child’s MSP MUST be included with this termly review

Name of Child: / Date of Birth:
Name of Early Years Setting:
Number of days/hours attending:
Please show weekly attendance pattern / MON / TUES / WED / THUR / FRI
Name of SENCO & e-mail:
Please state child’s Primary Area of Need:
Date EYIF agreed to by panel, when started and number of hours:

Please indicate how many hours you are requesting for SPRING TERM 2018:

Brief but specific description of how inclusion funding has been spent to support the child:
Summary of the child’s progress and impact of the additional support:
* (include completed & evaluated MAOs and tracking on EYFS/ESDJ as part of the MSP)*

Signed by: ______(SENCO) Date:------

______(Parent/Carer) Date:------

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Sept 2017

Provider: / Session Plan
Child’s Name: / DOB: ______
Current Ratio: / 1:1, 1:4 or 1:8 (please circle as appropriate)

Please note on plan when Inclusion Funding will be used (minutes specified) and for what purpose

AM

/ MONDAY / TUESDAY / WEDNESDAY / THURSDAY / FRIDAY

AM

Lunch
PM

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Sept 2017