Management Information Sheet

We have a fantastic offer of fully funded and subsidised Inclusion and SEND advice, guidance, training, and resources for your school, supporting you to develop more inclusive school cultures and curriculums for the whole-school community.

Early Intervention and Prevention

Led by Josie Rayner-Wells, Senior Adviser Inclusion, Early Intervention and Prevention

RSHE - all fully-funded for your school.

• Join our Anti-Racism in Education Norfolk Network Meetings to hear from an expert guest speaker and learn more about anti-racist practice in schools, including the opportunity to share ideas and develop more effective practice within your own school or setting.
• Calling all secondary schools and Post-16 providers: Our brand-new course on Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE): The preventative and responsive role of RSHE | Norfolk Services for Schools will focus on Key Stage 4 and Post-16 RSHE implementation to prevent exploitation.
• The online RSHE Toolkit will take you on a journey, supporting an outstanding provision of RSHE.

SEMH - all fully funded for your school.

• This Mental Health and Wellbeing (MHWB) Network Session will provide your school with practical evidence-based resources and illustrative examples of good practice to enable pupils to play a part in promoting mental health, helping you make a meaningful difference for your school community.
• These fully funded e-learning modules support existing whole-school approaches to promoting social, emotional, and mental health.
• To coincide with National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, we are providing all Norfolk schools with a fully funded webinar delivered by Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, Under 18 Eating Disorder Service, supported by Norfolk Schools Early Intervention and Prevention Team.

Norfolk Steps - a subsidised offer for Norfolk schools and Trusts.

Our recently revised Norfolk Steps programme is achieving a 5/5 evaluation score and we are delighted over two thirds of Norfolk schools are now part of the programme. You can find out more about the programme and its benefits here. The below highlights the positive impact of the new Norfolk Steps programme in some of our most recently engaged schools:

"The Step On training has had a real impact on my teaching practice. I have been able to challenge myself and build more positive relationships which have really had an impact on the results of the class both academically and socially."

Our newly launched Norfolk Steps thematic webinars are fully funded for all Norfolk Steps schools. Please secure your place/s now:

Norfolk Steps Practitioner Webinars | Norfolk Services for Schools

• 19/4/23 Supporting learners with Autism
• 15/5/23 Supporting MSA's with behaviour
• 11/7/23 Supporting learners with ADHD

You can see our full range of services and purchase the best value Norfolk Steps package here.

Learning and SEND

Led by Alison Toombs, Senior Adviser Inclusion, Learning and SEND

Offer of support:

• Training packages, including Norfolk SENDCo Now, SLCN Level 4 and a range of twilights - contact inclusionandsend@norfolk.gov.uk for information.
• Adviser support for leaders and SENDCos in the areas of:
  • Identification of need (INDES)
  • Provision (IPSEF and PEaSS)
  • High quality teaching

• Medical Needs Service Twilight | Norfolk Services for Schools

  This twilight session will support settings and professionals to understand the role and service offer of the Medical Needs Team at Norfolk County Council.

• SLCN Level 4 Award | Norfolk Services for Schools

  This exciting initiative will enable participants to develop their knowledge and confidence in supporting children and young people with speech, language and communication needs and provide them with the opportunity to develop a range of practical skills to fulfil a school-based support role

• INDES Moderation Panel:

  The development of a co-produced process to support the external moderation of INDES submissions by schools. To book please contact lucie.hobbs@norfolk.gov.uk

• Healthy Child Programme twilight | Norfolk Services for Schools

  An overview of the service, including the digital offer. Our role in supporting attendance concerns, additional needs, and medical needs

• Norfolk SENDCo Now | Norfolk Services for Schools

  This training is designed for SENDCos who are new to the role; new to Norfolk; teachers aspiring to be a SENDCo, assistant SENDCos and those who would like to refresh their knowledge. The training aims to provide you with the knowledge that you need to navigate SEND support and advice in Norfolk. This is a 5-day course package. Day one will be a face-to-face meeting

• SEND Shared Support Session 2 - Spring 2023 | Norfolk Services for Schools

  The new SEND shared support sessions aim to provide an opportunity for SENDCOs and other professionals working with children and young people with SEND. Each shared support session will have an identified key theme for discussion (delegates will be asked to suggest ideas/themes after the initial session).

Breakout room discussions in small groups will provide an opportunity to discuss, network and share learning with colleagues.

• Inclusion and SEND twilight Specialist Resource Bases (SRBs) | Norfolk Services for Schools

  This course will provide an overview of the Specialist Resource Bases. Explain the process for referring pupils to an SRB. Clarify expectations of schools who have pupils at an SRB and other senior leaders in mainstream settings to meet with Learning and SEND advisers to discuss and ask questions regarding the revised E3 funding arrangements for the financial year 2022-23

E-learning offer

SEND Modules

These High Quality Teaching modules aim to give teachers an overview of what High Quality Teaching looks like in a mainstream setting within the context of the role and responsibility of every teacher to be 'a teacher of SEND' therefore supporting the Teacher's Standards.

• SEND Module 1 - Identification of Need | Norfolk Services for Schools
• SEND Module 2 - High Quality Teaching | Norfolk Services for Schools
• SEND Module 3 - Provision Expected at SEN Support (PEaSS) | Norfolk Services for Schools
• Reflective Record - SEND and SEMH | Norfolk Services for Schools: Throughout this project, you will be considering the impact that your teaching has on the learning of children with SEND and SEMH. The project's E-learning modules and accompanying resources will support your understanding.

SEMH and Transitions Team

Led by Vicki Setters, Senior Adviser Inclusion, SEMH and Transitions

Offer of fully funded support:

• Bespoke, intensive support for schools in relation to CYP that are close to exclusion
• Support for schools with the transition of CYP that are placed via the Fair Access Team
• Support for schools with ensuring effective Managed Moves
• Exclusions Team support
• Support with identifying whether an SEMH SRB application is appropriate

The Inclusion and SEND Helpline is available for urgent requests for support:
01603 307736.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us on our mailbox, providing a single point of enquiry and entry to our services: inclusionandsend@norfolk.gov.uk.