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What is it?
The Indicators and Provision
Document (IPD), published
by Wiltshire Council’s Department for Children
and Education (DCE), relates to children and young people with Special Educational Needs in Wiltshire’s
Early Years settings, primary, secondary and special schools. It should be viewed as good practice guidance
which the Local Authority (LA), schools and settings are expected to work towards meeting.
This
second edition of the WIPD (2011) replaces the original WIPD published in 2008. It aims to help settings
and schools to identify and assess particular educational needs, and to plan and monitor provision.
For information on how to access external support for a child/young person
with SEN in Wiltshire, please refer to the ‘Multi-agency Thresholds Document: Accessing
the Right Level of Support for Children and Young People with Additional Needs’ (July 2011) from
the Children and Young People’s Services Partnership website.
What is the purpose
of the document?
The document will:
- help to
make sure that all Wiltshire’s children and young people (3-16) have equal opportunities in accessing
provision for Special Educational Needs (SEN);
- offer parents/carers a source of guidance
about what provision they can expect if their child has a Special Educational Need;
- facilitate
a joint understanding between Early Years settings/schools and support agencies;
- support
the Department for Children and Education (DCE) in its statutory duty to monitor, audit and evaluate
the effectiveness of Special Educational Needs provision; and
- it fulfils the national
government requirement that each local authority explains what
special education provision it expects to be made from within maintained schools budget shares (‘Special
Educational Needs – provision of information by local education authorities’ (England) Regulations 2001’).
Last updated: 12 August 2011