Inclusive Practice
Early Years Inclusion Funding (EYIF) – Shropshire Funding and advice panel for early years settings to support children with emerging SEND needs before EHCP stage. Includes how settings apply and the review process.
Early Years Inclusion Advice & Funding | Shropshire Learning Gateway
Supporting SEND, Early Help & Additional Needs – Schools Guidance Resources for schools about inclusive practice, educational psychology, and implementing graduated response processes in Shropshire.
Making Schools More Inclusive – Witherslack Group Practical ideas for schools to embed reasonable adjustments and create inclusive classrooms for SEND learners.
How to Make Your Mainstream School More Inclusive | Witherslack
Supporting SEN Learners in School – Witherslack Group Focuses on behaviour support as part of reasonable adjustments, enabling children and young people to engage in learning.
Supporting SEN Learners in School | Witherslack
Adapting Classrooms and Resources for Neurodiverse Learners – Witherslack Group Tips for teachers on tailoring classrooms, lessons, and resources to meet the needs of neurodiverse pupils.
Adapting Classrooms and Resources | Witherslack
Integrating Movement Breaks in the Classroom Guidance on how to make movement breaks an inclusive, whole-class strategy rather than something that singles children out.
Movement Breaks in the Classroom
Ensuring Inclusion in UK Classrooms – Autism Family Support Explains types of adjustments that can help autistic children participate fully in learning.
Ensuring Inclusion in UK Classrooms | Autism Family Support
Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions – DfE Guidance for schools on providing support, including reasonable adjustments, for pupils with long-term medical needs.
Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions | GOV.UK
Disability Rights in Education – GOV.UK Sets out disabled pupils’ rights in education, including access to reasonable adjustments.
Disability Rights: Education | GOV.UK
Adjustments for Disabled Students & Apprentices – Disability Rights UK Details how adjustments apply in further education, higher education, and apprenticeships.
Adjustments for Disabled Students | Disability Rights UK
Reasonable Adjustments in Higher Education – EHRC Clarifies responsibilities of colleges/universities in providing reasonable adjustments.
Attendance
Can I Ask for My Child to Attend School Part-Time? – IPSEA Explains whether parents can request a part-time timetable, outlining what schools can and cannot agree to. Helpful if you’re unsure about your rights.
IPSEA – Can I ask for my child to attend part-time?
Part-Time Timetables – IPSEA Sets out when reduced timetables may be used, stressing they should only be temporary and in very exceptional circumstances. References government guidance.
Illness and School Attendance – IPSEA Advice on situations where illness affects attendance, and how schools should respond to ensure education continues.
IPSEA – Illness and School Attendance
Education Access Service – Shropshire Council Supports schools, children, and families to improve attendance, engagement, and inclusion. Local service that can help when reduced timetables are discussed.
Shropshire Council – Supporting Attendance, Engagement and Inclusion
What If My Child Is on a Reduced Timetable? – SENAC A practical parent-focused guide on what steps to take if your child has been placed on a reduced timetable.
SENAC – Reduced Timetables Advice
Shropshire Inclusion Pathway 2025-26 Details Shropshire’s processes for intervention and inclusion, including how reduced timetables fit into wider support.
Reduced Timetables – Shropshire Learning Gateway Shropshire’s professional guidance (also useful for parents) explaining when reduced timetables may be appropriate, with processes for schools to follow.
Mediations and Dispute Resolutions
Resolving Disagreements / Mediation (Shropshire SEND Local Offer) Shropshire offers mediation via "Prime Resolution," free and independent, for parents/carers / young people up to 25. It’s an option before or instead of tribunal. Also includes Disagreement Resolution, which is similar but available in more circumstances.
Shropshire Council Dispute Resolution Prime SEND
Information, Advice and Support Service (IASS) (Shropshire SENDIASS) IASS can help you with information, guidance, and representation for disputes, appeals, mediation, and SEND Tribunal (SENDIST).
School Support Offers
Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) A national training and relational development programme designed to improve practice in schools, delivered locally by a collaborative partnership inluding SevernTeaching Alliance, PACC, PODS (Telford & Wrekin PCF), and system leads from both LAs and Health.
Education Quality Advisors The Education Quality and Safeguarding team is responsible for supporting and challenging schools to ensure that all pupils secure the best education.
Education Support Services Shropshire Council have a variety of support services available to help schools and families.
Neurodiversity Practitioners The NDP team offer support to schools to improve inclusive practice, develop one to one and group support strategies, and facilitate access to additional resources and tools.
Early Learning Support for Every Child (ELSEC) Language and communications support programme promoting early interventions and support when communication might be tricky or challenging.
Autism Education Trust Specialist training and resources for educators in Shropshire.
SEN Support
Graduated Support Pathway This is the plan, do, review process that must be followed to build evidence that shows a childs needs are beyond the standard expected support available. Support is available to schools in Shropshire to deliver flexible support where they are struggling to do so in their current financial envelope. Schools can apply for short term funding to help them with this.
SEN and Early Help Asking for help when you think your child is struggling in school or has a Special Educational Need can be worrying. But sharing these concerns is the most important first step.
Reasonable Adjustments
Reasonable Adjustments in Education – Education Hub (DfE) Explains what reasonable adjustments mean in practice, with examples of how they help disabled pupils access school life.
Reasonable Adjustments – Education Hub
Reasonable Adjustments in College & University – Scope UK Explains what adjustments may look like in further and higher education, including support for apprentices.
Reasonable Adjustments in College and University | Scope
Reasonable Adjustments – Centre for ADHD and Autism Support Resources and examples of adjustments to support young people with ADHD and autism in school and community settings.
Asking for Reasonable Adjustments – Guide & Template Letter Explains what adjustments you can ask for, how to request them, and includes a template letter for parents/carers.