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JCQ Guidance for Parents/Carers 2025-2026

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JCQ Guidance for Parents/Carers 2025-2026

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Our school SENCO is Mrs Bernardine Harrison - senco@uals.org.uk

SEND Administrator is Mrs Sian Fendley - senco@uals.org.uk

SEND Support Officers are Mrs Jan Wilkins and Mrs Caroline Morley.

If you need support then please do not hesitate to contact us on the above email address or our school telephone number: 01406 362120.

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UALS has been awarded the SEND Inclusion Award.

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Introducing the SEND Inclusion Award

This award helps schools deliver high-quality education for pupils with SEND. Compliant with the SEND Code of Practice, the award framework focuses on removing barriers to learning through early identification, inclusive teaching and leadership. It also allows you to evaluate impact to improve classroom practice and pupil outcomes.

What's in the SEND Inclusion Award framework?

Our range of awards

Wellbeing Award for Schools

Promote emotional wellbeing and mental health across your school

Learn more

Excellence in Pupil Development Award

Develop pupil skills that last a lifetime

Learn more

Leading Parent Partnership Award

Develop positive relationships with parents

Learn more

Best Practice with Teaching Assistants Award

Maximise the impact of teaching assistants across your school

Learn more

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This award helps schools deliver high-quality education for pupils with SEND. Compliant with the SEND Code of Practice, the award framework focuses on removing barriers to learning through early identification, inclusive teaching and leadership. It also allows you to evaluate impact to improve classroom practice and pupil outcomes.

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Guidance on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people aged 0 to 25, from 1 September 2014.

Applies to England

Documents

Details

This statutory code contains:

details of legal requirements that you must follow without exception

statutory guidance that you must follow by law unless there's a good reason not to

It explains the duties of local authorities, health bodies, schools and colleges to provide for those with special educational needs under part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014.

The code, which applies to England, is for:

headteachers and principals

governing bodies

school and college staff

special educational needs (SEN) co-ordinators

early years providers

other education settings

local authorities

health and social services staff

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Guidance on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people aged 0 to 25, from 1 September 2014.

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Lincolnshire families - find everything you need to know about SEND in one place.

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SEND Local Offer - Lincolnshire County Council

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Information from Lincolnshire County Council about schools, roads, jobs, registrars, recycling, childcare, social care, health, libraries, planning, emergencies and business.

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Liaise - SEND Information Advice and Support Service in Lincolnshire

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Liaise - SEND Information Advice and Support Service in Lincolnshire

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Liaise is Lincolnshire's Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS).

We provide confidential and impartial information, advice and support to children and young people (0-25 years) with SEN and disabilities, and their parents and carers.

Our staff:

work at arm's length from the local authority and health services

are trained in SEN and disability law

work to national standards, so you know what to expect

We aim to empower families to have the SEND knowledge and understanding they need.

Families, young people and professionals can now refer in to our service in two ways, either call 0800 195 1635 or fill in this form

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Free, confidential and impartial SEND advice and information.

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Supporting SEND Families & Professionals in Lincolnshire!!

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Lots of online workshops for young people which include:

Survival guide to change workshop

Managing worries and anxious feelings workshop

Managing angry feelings workshop

Parents supporting children with anxiety and additional needs 2 part workshop

Staying Emotionally Healthy Workshop (Primary)

Staying Emotionally Healthy Workshop (Secondary)

Building Positive Self-esteem Workshop

Exam Success Workshop

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This five part 'Survival Guide to Change' online workshop series has been created to support children and young people to learn new strategies to help manage during times of uncertainty.

This workshop series is suitable for young people aged 10 years or over. Younger children are likely to need support from parents or carers in completing this workshop. Before you start the workshop please download the accompanying 'survival guide to change' workbook.

Watch the introduction below to find out more about this series and how it works!

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We have developed online workshops for children and young people and parents and carers to access themselves.

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SEND Local Offer - Cambridgeshire County Council

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Cambridgeshire Online | About the Local Offer

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On this page you will find out about Cambridgeshire’s Local Offer for children and young people 0-25 years with Special Educational Needs and/or Disability (SEND) and those in alternative provisions and settings. This information is relevant to parent carers, children, young people, and all those…

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Orthoptics - United Lincolnshire Hospitals

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Orthoptics diagnose and treat defects of vision and abnormalities of eye movement.

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How to work with your child's school and local NHS servicess to support referrals for ASD and ADHD if your child's GP services are based in Cambridgeshire or Huntingdon.

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Private - Lincolnshire Visual Processing Service Ltd

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Private - Lincolnshire Visual Processing Service Ltd

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We are offering a comprehensive Orthoptic evaluation with a registered Orthoptist with over 26 years’ hospital-based experience, followed by a visual processing disorder assessment with a member of our Orthoptic team

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Lincolnshire Visual Processing Service Ltd

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Lincolnshire Visual Processing Service Ltd

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Welcome to ADDISS, The National Train your child to do what you want them to do. Easy to follow steps for disciplining without yelling, arguing or smacking. proven successful programme. Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service.
We provide people-friendly information and resources about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder to anyone who needs assistance - parents, sufferers, teachers or health professionals. Whatever you're looking for in ADHD, we'll do our best to help.

This website contains just a fraction of the information that we have on ADHD. If you would like to know more, visit our Bookstore. It has a wide range of resources about all aspects of ADHD and associated conditions, with special sections for parents, children, teenagers and professionals.

If you would like to talk to someone about ADHD, telephone us on 020 8952 2800, or you can send us an e-mail if you have any questions or need more information about anything you see on this site.

ADDISS is a proud member of ADHD Europe, an organisation founded to advance the rights of, and advocate on every level throughout Europe for people affected by AD/HD and co-morbid conditions in order to help them reach their full potential.
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1 2 3 Magic Practitioner training courses for 2023

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ADHD Awareness Month 2020 - Common Questions, Reliable Answers

Working in partnership with organisations around the globe, we've reached out to people with ADHD and their families across the globe to find the most commonly asked questions. We've taken these questions to world-leading ADHD experts, who have given us answers you can rely on! Check out these answers at adhdawarenessmonth.org. For more information, visit our 2019 project website on myths and facts at adhdisreal.org.

COVID-19 and ADHD

ADDISS is determined to continue supporting people with ADHD during these difficult times, and we appreciate the support of each and every one of our members and the ADHD community. For more information on how to access support during this crisis, pleasesee our Facebook page, where you can get in touch if you need us.

We know that this pandemic is creating new challenges for people with ADHD, so we'd like to share this guidance from the European ADHD Guidelines Group - click here to view a PDF article.

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We now have a dedicated page listing several ways you can help support us in our work. Please follow HOW TO SUPPORT US
THIS LINK for more information.

We are pleased to announce a new and exciting way to support ADDISS that won't cost you a penny. In fact, it could even save you money on your online shopping! A NEW WAY TO SUPPORT ADDISS... THAT COULD EVEN SAVE YOU MONEY!

We have partnered with Savoo who will donate to ADDISS every time you search online via their website. In fact, you can make it even easier by making "https://www.savoo.co.uk/#addiss" your default search engine! It's totally free, and would help us a great deal.

All you have to do is follow this link, click "Support this cause", set up a free account, and start searching!

Savoo is also a great way to save money. If you visit Savoo, click "Support this cause", and set up an account you can find voucher codes for hundreds of your favourite shops including Boots, John Lewis, Amazon, and many many more. Every time you use one of those voucher codes Savoo will donate to ADDISS, and you will save money on your shopping!

And, if you're shopping with Amazon, use Amazon Smile instead of the normal amazon.co.uk - If you make ADDISS your chosen charity, Amazon will donate a small percentage of their profit from your purchase to ADDISS at NO COST to you!

For more information on this and other ways to support ADDISS, click here

WHO'S IN CHARGE AT YOUR HOUSE?
Put Yourself back in control.

The 1 2 3 Magic programme is highly recommended by ADDISS as behavioural intervention for children with ADHD and other challenging behaviours. We have now trained over 200 practitioners to deliver this programme to parents in the UK. Please contact us to find if there is a group running near you.

Buy the 1-2-3 Magic Book on-line now for £13.50 including Postage and packing.
Just click here.

NOW AVAILABLE
The Tipping Points
By Phil Anderton PhD
What professionals should recognise as the social impact of ADHD.
Retired police officer Phil Anderton brings us a unique book looking at how young people with poorly managed ADHD are at risk of following a path into crime, substance misuse, anti-social behaviour and personal danger, and outlines ways to reduce those risks with easy to follow and pragmatic text and checklists. The book, the first of its kind also has advice for magistrates and the police when coming into contact with these young people.
Order your copy now for
£9.99 plus £1.50 postage
You can buy it online now. Just click here

"As an adult who has ADHD, from childhood, and I have had my fair share of issues with the police and courts as a consequence, I really appreciate the interest in this subject being taken by Phil Anderton. This book should be read by anyone and everyone who deals with youngsters who have the disorder, if the people who looked after me had recognised my Tipping Points and done right by me, I might not have the criminal record that I have."
Gary Sendall, Founder WADDSUPP, adult ADHD support group in the Wirrall

"Many books seek to promote awareness of ADHD among the public but very few do so with as splendid a combination of science and compassion as does Mr. Anderton in this up-to-the-minute summation of what parents and others should know about ADHD and its management."
Professor Russell Barkley, SUNY Upstate Medical School

"This book is very welcome – it takes the lessons from the scientific study of ADHD and applies them to a social and justice perspective. It deserves to be read widely, especially by those who doubt whether the individual's vulnerability of ADHD is relevant to how society should react."
Professor Eric Taylor, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London

"Phil Anderton, an experienced police officer, has seen that many who get in trouble with the law have ADHD. In this book he clearly describes what ADHD is and makes very practical suggestions for how those with ADHD can be powerfully helped by appropriate treatment. His approach is sensible, compassionate, and desperately needed."
Professor Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D. Dept of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine

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RAISING FUNDS FOR ADDISS AND RAISING AWARENESS. ADHD is REAL

You can help raise funds for the national ADHD Charity ADDISS. At the same time you will be helping to raise awareness about ADHD by purchasing our Shopping Trolley Token Keyrings and/or the National ADHD Charity Wristband. Maybe you'd even like your own personal ADDISS Stress Brain! Click the picture for larger images and order details.

Phone: 020 8952 2800

Press enquiries
020 8952 1515

e-mail: info@addiss.co.uk

ADDISS
P O Box 340
Edgware
Middlesex
HA8 9HL

Registered Charity 1070827

Please give your support and help to raise much needed funds by making a donation to ADDISS.

We have now teamed up with Just Giving.com to create a secure method for making donations to ADDISS or for raising funds through various events.

To receive email updates of news and events please add your email address

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Different Together

Unique Together

Working Together.

Inclusion for Children & Young People in Lincolnshire

The Working Together Team is a National Autistic Society Advanced Status Accredited Service. We advocate best practice and provide specialist support to empower mainstream settings to ensure autistic children & young people thrive through collaborative working with families and professionals.

3 Key Areas of Difference

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Social Understanding and Communciation

Differences in understanding social behaviour and the feelings of others, which informs the development of friendships and relationships.

Flexibility, Information Processing and Understanding

Differences in perception, planning, understanding concepts, predicting, managing transitions, passions for interests, and ability to absorb auditory or spoken information.

Sensory Processing and Integration

Differences in perceiving sensory information. Hypo, hyper, touch, sight, hearing, small, castle, vestibular inner ear and proprioceptive.

The young person is at the heart of every decision. This is evident from the very start of the referral process through to supporting settings to embed person centred strategies that enable autistic young people to succeed in mainstream school settings.

NAS Accreditation Review Team

It was a real privilege to be on the course and have the support my family have received from the team. Thank you.

Parent on Teen Life Course

Thank you all again for the programme. I really enjoyed it and found it so helpful, I'd go as far as to say life changing!!

Parent on Teen Life Course

A really engaging and inspiring session. It was great to see and hear so much passion for inclusion

School leader

X from WTT especially explained Autism perfectly and of all the training I have done over the years, I feel I came away having learnt and understood so much and can't wait to share with my colleagues.

Pre-school SENCO

A huge thank you, our meeting this morning has been an enormous help at refocussing our thinking regards supporting X and how we should move forward. It has also been a valuable reminder at how we need to evidence the smaller steps

Learning Mentor

Training was brilliant and well received, I've already had a thank you from a member of staff and it's heartening to see them reflect and look at how strategies can benefit a whole class.

SENCo

This Autism session is already brilliant. Do all teachers on teacher training get this, they should, as should every teacher or person who comes into contact with young people. This is so informative, accessible and relevant.

Post-16 setting

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The British Dyslexia Association is the voice for the 10% of the population that are dyslexic

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Diabetes UK - Know diabetes. Fight diabetes. | Diabetes UK

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We are Diabetes UK, the leading charity for people living with diabetes in the UK. Our vision is a world where diabetes can do no harm.

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Supporting individuals and families affected by dyspraxia/DCD

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(IPSEA) Independent Provider of Special Education Advice

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IPSEA (Independent Provider of Special Education Advice) - helping children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) get the education they are entitled to by law

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Living with autism isn't easy, but finding out all about it should be. Some estimate that 1 in 100 people have autism. Others say it's more like 1 in 88. Whatever the real figures, the good news is that there's lots of support and advice out there to help you make sense of the world of autism. Charities, support groups, and specialist service providers, are all ready to share advice and experience whenever you need it. Autismlinks.co.uk is FREE website dedicated to making those helpful and sometimes vital links, it covers who to talk to, where to go and contains lots of helpful advice all in one place.

Our website is constantly growing and improving as we learn about new services and new resources become available. With the help and support we get from parents, carers, professionals and other services providers alike we aim to continue growing and always welcome any feedback as to what we might do to further improve Autismlinks as a valuable resource. Suggestions and feedback can be emailed directly to ourselves via the 'Contact Us / Suggest a link' option at the top right of this page.

Thank you for taking the time to visit our website and we hope you found what you were looking for.

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Information on the process of requesting an Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA) if your child lives within Lincolnshire.

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An Education, Health & Care Plan or EHCP is a document which sets out the education, health and social care needs of a child or young person aged up to 25, and the support that is necessary to help them achieve their outcomes.

Who needs an EHCP?

EHC plans are for children and young people (age 0-25) who have a special educational need or disability that cannot be met by the support that is already available at their school or college

Most children and young people with special educational needs will have help given to them without the need for an EHC Plan. This is called SEN support.

The purpose of SEN support is to help children achieve the outcomes or learning objectives that have been set for them.

How do I get an EHCP?

An EHC plan can only be issued after a child or young person has gone through the process of EHC needs assessment. At the end of that process, the local authority has to make a decision to issue to issue an EHC Plan or not.

Request an EHC needs assessment

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An Education, Health & Care Plan or EHCP is a document which sets out the education, health and social care needs of a child or young person aged up to 25, and the support that is necessary to help them achieve their outcomes.

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The process of applying for Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA) if your child lives within Cambridgeshire.

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Cambridgeshire Online | Education Health Care (EHC) Plans

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Most children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) will have their needs met by their local, mainstream early years' setting, school or college. For children and young people with complex needs that cannot be met by the support put in place...

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JCQ - Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments 2025-26

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JCQ - Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments 2025-26

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Self help and emotional wellbeing advice (NHS)

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Self help and emotional wellbeing advice (NHS)

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Advice for parents/carers on supporting your children with:

Low self-esteem and confidence

Anger

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Anxiety, Stress and Worry

Low mood and depression

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NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Referrals

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Cambridgeshire Online | About the Local Offer

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White Rose Education delivers maths and science resources, CPD, tools, advice and guidance for schools, teachers and parents.

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Explore thousands of high-quality resources for lesson planning and curriculum design. All optional, adaptable and free.

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SEND tips and advice - BBC Parents' Toolkit - BBC Bitesize

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Activities, advice and personal stories about parenting and special educational needs and disabilities to help you support your family.