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Little Saints offers the best provision for children with additional needs. Below are videos and a sample of photos showing what a typical day looks like at Little Saints.

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As part of Bolton Early Years SEND strategic approach, High Needs SEND Base provision offer places for children aged 2-5 years with High Needs SEND within an environment that will meet their learning and development needs, enable integration and be staffed by practitioners able to offer specialism.

All Saints Cof E Primary School offers 6 full time equivalent places in their Early Years SEND Base provision (Little Saints); these places are for children who are eligible for 2, 3 or 4 year old funding.

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Every week, Little Saints sends out a weekly newsletter to keep our parents up to date with all the wonderful progress their children have made. We celebrate every small step and pride ourselves on our home-school partnership.

Below are some examples of our newsletters to give you a flavour of what to expect.

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Take a look at a range of pictures of our environment!

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Professionals can apply by submitting a base referral form along with the Early Help Assessment and supporting evidence to the Early Years SEN High Needs Base Panel, where it will be assessed against a matrix of development to determine a child’s level of needs.

Please submit the following documentation to the EY SEND Hub Coordinator: jo.brown@bolton.gov.uk by the deadline specified below.

A signed Base Referral Form

Early Help Assessment

Most recent reports from external agencies (e.g. SALT, OT)

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Identification of need and supportive environments

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Identification of need and supportive environments

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The next deadline for applying for High Needs Base Panel is:

Application DeadlinePanel Date

Autumn High Needs Base Panel

(for placements in January 2026)

24th September 2025 by 4:00pm14th October 2025

Spring High Needs Base Panel

(for placements in April 2026)

14th January 2026 by 4:00pm4th February 2026

Summer High Needs Base Panel

(for placements in September 2026)

29th April 2026 by 4:00pm20th May 2026

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As part of Bolton Early Years SEND strategic approach, High Needs SEND Base provision offer places for children aged 2-5 years with High Needs SEND within an environment that will meet their learning and development needs, enable integration and be staffed by practitioners able to offer specialism.
The Early Years High Needs Base provision offers:

Places for funded children with high needs whose needs cannot be fully met within mainstream provision.

Provision for the number of hours of their free entitlement for 2,3 and 4 year olds.

Indoor and outdoor provision at the heart of the setting that provides inclusive learning opportunities in all areas of the EYFS curriculum.

A team of staff who are highly trained and experienced in the field of SEND.

An environment and resources specifically sourced to reduce barriers to learning and support development within core areas of learning for children with SEND.

A high ratio of staff available to meet the needs of pupils who require more specific care.

High Needs Base Provisions

All Saints Cof E Primary School offers 6 full time equivalent places in their Early Years SEND Base provision (Little Saints); these places are for children who are eligible for 2, 3 or 4 year old funding.

Grosvenor Nursery School offers 6 full time equivalent places in their Early Years SEND Base provision; these places are for children who are eligible for 2, 3 or 4 year old funding.

Children's Opportunity Group offers 4 full time equivalent places in their Early Years SEND Base provision; the Blue Room; these places are for children who are eligible for 2, 3 or 4 year old funding.

Thomasson Memorial School offers 6 full time equivalent places in their Early Years SEND Base provision within the nursery classes; these places are for children who are eligible for 2, 3 or 4 year old funding.

The Orchards Nursery School offers 4 full time equivalent places in their Early Years SEND Base provision with the nursery classes; these places are for children who are eligible for 2, 3 or 4 year old funding.

How do I apply?

Professionals can apply by submitting a base referral form along with the Early Help Assessment and supporting evidence to the Early Years SEN High Needs Base Panel, where it will be assessed against a matrix of development to determine a child's level of needs.

Please submit the following documentation to the EY SEND Hub Coordinator: jo.brown@bolton.gov.uk by the deadline specified below.

A signed Base Referral Form

Early Help Assessment

Most recent reports from external agencies (e.g. SALT, OT)

N.B. Before submitting the referral, please ensure that the information sharing section on the Early Help Form contains 'High Needs Base Panel'.
The next deadline for applying for High Needs Base Panel is: Wednesday 27th September by 4:00pm

Recently, you may have noticed that Start Well SEND has reduced usage of #secure# to send information to you via email.
This change has occurred following advice from Bolton ICT services assuring the security of email correspondence.

We strongly advise that you assess your own security arrangements before sending any sensitive or confidential information to Start Well SEND.

As previously noted (from the 1st August 2023), we reserve the right to reject any emails containing password protected documents or documents sent in JPEG, PNG, GIF, or any other photo format.

While discouraging its use, we will continue to accept emails via Egress, if you deem it necessary, and have no alternative means of sending secure emails. However, should you use Egress, it is your responsibility to ensure that "requests for access" are actioned promptly.

High Needs Panel - spring 2024

Deadline date - Wednesday 27th September 2023 by 4:00pm

Panel date - Wednesday 25th October 2023

High Needs Panel - summer 2024

Deadline date - Wednesday 14th February 2024 by 4:00pm

Panel date - Wednesday 13th March 2024

High Needs Panel - autumn 2024

Deadline date - Wednesday 22nd May 2024 by 4:00pm

Panel date - Wednesday 19th June 2024

N.B. These dates are subject to change.
For further information, please contact:

EY SEND High Needs Base Coordinator - Jo Brown
The Orchards Federation
Lower Site
Highfield Road
Farnworth
Bolton
BL4 0RA

Tel: 07753 226 201
Email: jo.brown@bolton.gov.uk

Featured Downloads

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If parents would like to access Local Authority Transport Services for children in the Early Years High Needs Base, they should apply to Bolton Council to see if they meet the criteria.

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What is it?

Parents and carers must ensure that children attend school and have the necessary travel arrangements. However, for some children and young people, independent travel is not always possible and transport assistance may be required.

Transport assistance may take the form of a bus pass; a shared minibus or taxi, or a parent transporting their child and being reimbursed through a travel allowance.

Support for children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities

Bolton Council SENDAS Transport Policy, outlines the support available for children and young people with a Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND), living in Bolton, to enable them to access education.

The policy covers transport assistance to nursery, school, 6th form and further education college.

It is reviewed annually for each academic year.

How do I apply?

Travel assistance can be applied for pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), or pupils without an EHCP who have a medical need that makes them unable to travel to school unaided.
Transport Assistance Form for Nursery and School Age Children
Travel assistance can also be applied for pupils aged 16 and over, who have a special educational need (SEN), or medical need which makes them unable to travel to school or college unaided.
Transport Assistance Form for pupils aged 16 and over
For details of support for children and young people not eligible for transport assistance, take a look at the ' Assistance with transport cost to school and college ' information.

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The Local Offer provides a single point for information to help families access details about services available to them, and offer guidance in multiple areas, such as:Early years placesSchools (including academies and free schools)CollegesHealth and careLeisure activities

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We offer ’free play’ in a welcoming environment for children, parents and carers to meet, make friendships and learn vital new skills by playing together in a stimulating safe space.

The opportunity to meet others relieves social isolation, improves their emotional well-being and strengthens community.

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We are a Registered Charity based at the Harvey Children’s Centre, Bolton. We have a wide range of quality resources including specialised resources available for low cost, improving the home learning environment and relieving financial hardship.

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We have regular contact with other professional agencies to support our children and many of them come into school on a regular basis to work with the children and alongside staff.

We arrange regular meetings with parents and professionals to discuss their child’s progress and to give advice and support for transition to Primary School and if any formal assessment procedures are necessary to ensure appropriate support continues into Primary School.

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Our staff are highly trained and have completed various courses to offer the best provision to children with high needs.

Recent training attended:

* Attention Autism

* Elklan

*Signalong

*Bolton Sensory workshop

*Understanding trauma and trauma informed approaches

*How to support children who are not yet talking

*Aided Language Simulation

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Admission to special schools

An Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) is required for all children and young people who are enrolled to a special school or resourced provision.

If you feel that a special school or resourced provision would be the most appropriate placement for your child or yourself this should be discussed at their or your annual review.

Special schools in Bolton

Primary schools

Green Fold School (for children with severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties)

Ladywood School (for children with complex needs and moderate learning difficulties)

Secondary schools

Lever Park School (for children and young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties)

Rumworth School (for children and young people with complex needs and moderate leaning difficulties)

Firwood School (for children and young people with severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties)

All-through school

Please refer to the school's directory for a full list of schools and further information.

Resourced provisions in Bolton

Below is a brief list of those mainstream schools in Bolton who have resourced provisions for certain types of need.

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Please refer to the school's directory for further details of each of these schools.

Independent schools and colleges

For a list of all independent schools and colleges for children with special educational needs or disability (SEND), including schools and colleges approved under section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014 in England and Wales, independent special schools in England, including non-maintained special schools (NMSS) please refer to Gov UK.

Help finding work for young people with learning difficulties

We offer support in a variety of ways from j ob search through to job placement and student support during those placements.

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An Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) is required for all children and young people who are enrolled to a special school or resourced provision.

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We value feedback from our parents and we are continually striving to offer the very best provision to our children in Little Saints. Below are a selection of parental comments from our recent questionnaire.