My Support Plans
Most children will have their needs met and make progress with schools using their own approach to planning and recording as described above, i.e. provision maps, IEPs/ANPs. However, some children will need a more coordinated and personalised planning approach to meeting their SEND. In these cases the school will decide whether a My Support Plan is necessary, particularly if:
- a child continues to make limited progress despite SEND support delivered by appropriately trained staff
- several professionals are involved, and it is important that everyone agrees about the child’s strengths and needs, as well as the outcomes and what will happen to meet these
A My Support plan should be reviewed three times a year to see if a child or young person is making progress towards their outcomes. Sometimes schools will use parents’ evenings to review the plan and parents/carers should think about asking for extra time at a parents’ evening to discuss the plan if this would help.
The review is a parent’s/carer’s opportunity to ask any questions or raise any concerns they have. If a parent feels unsure about doing this, they should consider taking another person to the review who can support them. If the date of the review is difficult for the parent/carer to attend, they should contact school and ask for it to be changed.
It is important for the parent/carer and the child or young person to prepare for the review so that they are confident about what they want from it, and what they need to ask. Parents/carers should read through the My Support Plan and make sure that they can understand it and they agree with what it says. During the review, parents/carers can ask for changes to be made to the plan, for other professionals to be involved.
Kirklees has developed the My Support Plan in partnership with the parent carer forum (PCAN (Parents of Children with Additional Needs), schools, early years practitioners and representatives from Education, Health and Social Care.
Kirklees has produced a My Support Plan template (this will open in a new window).