In the London Borough of Kingston, applications for SEND inclusion funding have doubled over the past three years, while there have been continual reductions in Government support. This is not an uncommon story, but Achieving for Children (AfC), a not-for-profit company which runs children’s services for Richmond and Kingston councils, has come up with an innovative way to tackle the issue.
NEW PROJECT
In early 2018 AfC applied for a £45,000 grant from the DfE’s 30 hours delivery support fund. We wanted to develop a project which developed practitioners’ skills in SEND and which would allow these new skills to be passed on to other practitioners. It would also aim to improve outcomes for all children with SEND, including those with complex needs. While AfC has increased the amount of SEND training and networks available, plus providing an early years SEN conference, practitioners are always keen to learn from peers. So we decided to create a network of skilled and inclusive settings, called ‘inclusion hubs’.
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