Leading Futures SEND Offer
Wave 1
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Learner Support Plans (LPPs)
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An inclusive learning environment
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Small class sizes
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Careful consideration of seating plans, reflecting on learner needs - learner grouping, sensory triggers etc.
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Clear classroom routines, supported by visual cues
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Aspects of a Structured Teaching approach
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Reward systems
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Multi-sensory teaching that is well structured
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Adapted/ scaffolded curriculum planning, activities, delivery, and outcomes
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Task chunking and the use of task boards
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Extra time for processing and completion of work
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Increased visual aids – times tables, learning mats etc.
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Use of writing frames
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Modelling and WAGOLLs
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Use of timers
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Use of non-verbal methods of communication
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Opportunities for revision and over-learning
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Peer and self-assessment
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Target setting and tracking
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Access to simple assistive devices (Pencil grips, reading rulers, coloured overlays etc.)
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Pastoral support through a trusted adult/ behaviour manager/ family liaison officer
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Daily emotional ‘check ins’
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PHSE/ Personal Development Curriculum that explores mental health and wellbeing to develop self-efficacy
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Scheduled sensory breaks
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Fidget toys


Wave 2
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Behaviour Management Plans
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Additional adult support –within the classroom
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Catch up classes, including reading interventions
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Pre-teaching
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Alternative methods of recording ideas
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Use of individual workstations
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An identified quiet and calm space for sensory and emotional regulation needs
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Active teaching of relaxation strategies
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Active teaching of self-regulation
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Use of the Incredible Five Point Scale
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Advanced notice of changes to routine and assessments
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Comic strip conversations/ storyboards
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Tools to minimise/ increase sensory input
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A hybrid learning approach
Wave 3
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A multi-professional approach/ External agency/ support service referral
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Education, health, and care plan
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Individual healthcare plans
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Specialist equipment – visual/hearing impaired equipment etc.
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Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans
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Individual Learner Risk Assessment
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1:1 interventions (reading/ literacy/ maths/ ELSA/ Elklan resources
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An enhanced communication plan with parents/ carers, home school and additional professionals

Outside Agencies
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Sensory Inclusion Service
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Inclusion Support Services
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Special School Outreach Service
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CAMHs
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Speech and Language Support Service
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Occupational Therapy
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Social Care Services
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School Nursing Service
Useful Resources For Parents/ Carers

Reading

ADHD

Autism

Emotional Regulation

Literacy

ADHD

Sensory Processing

Emotional Based School Non-Attendance

Maths

Autism

Sensory Processing

Anxiety

Transition
Useful Links For Parents/ Carers
Useful Apps For Learners
Stop, Breathe, Think
Designed for older learners dealing with anxiety. It is packed with utilities such as mindfulness guides, and journals and daily check-ins daily check-ins
Calm Harm
Calm Harm provides techniques to help break the cycle of self-harm
Move Mood
Move Mood is designed to help manage the things they might find difficult when experiencing low mood. It can support learners to define goals and set activity schedules.
Tellmi
A peer-support app, where learners can post questions or concerns and receive replies from a community of people their own age, whether they are struggling with stress, anxiety or depression, or having problems with relationships
Clear Fear
Clear Fear uses a Cognitive Behavioural framework to help change anxious thoughts and emotions, alter anxious behaviours and calm fear responses
Remember the Milk
A to-do list app that helps learners stay organized and on track. It allows users to create to-do lists, set due dates, add notes, and prioritise tasks
Apart Of Me
A bereavement guide that supports the learner along their journey, designed to help them to explore, accept, understand, and articulate their experience of grief
Mindmeister
A mind-mapping app that enables learners to brainstorm, organise thoughts, and create visual representations of ideas
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