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To fulfil their role in identifying and planning for the needs of children with SEN, the Royal Borough of Greenwich has ensured that there is sufficient expertise and experience amongst local early years settings to support children with SEN by making use of Area SENCOs to provide advice, guidance and training to early years providers on the development of inclusive early learning environments.

The Area SENCO helps make the links between education, health and social care to facilitate appropriate early provision for children with SEN and their transition to compulsory schooling.

Area SENCo’s from the Early Years Inclusion Team have compiled a range of information in the drop downs below to provide support with:

  • Early Identification and Referrals

  • Work with parents and setting staff to try and understand the child’s views, thoughts and feelings (including Team Around the Child and Transitions).

  • Access and Inclusion Resources (including a range of ‘Easy Reads’ and appropriate SEND funding)

 

'WORD' templates can be found under 'downloads'

Meet the Early Years Inclusion Team members

Greenwich has private, voluntary, independent (PVI) early years education settings split into five areas, each of which has an allocated Area SENCo.

  1. East - Thamesmead
  2. Central A - Abbey Wood/ Plumstead
  3. Central B - Woolwich/ Charlton
  4. South - Eltham/ New Eltham/ Kidbrooke
  5. West – Blackhealth/ Greenwich

The Early Years Inclusion Team comprises of professionals from a range of backgrounds. All have SEND qualifications, training and experience, and DBS checks are completed regularly in line with Authority guidelines.

The team also have access to advice from other professionals such as qualified specialist teachers, Education Psychologists, Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists.

See below for further details including contact numbers and emails

Early Years Inclusion Team Leader 

Anita Smith

Anita has worked in the early years sector for over 34 years within a range of provisions; nanny, childminder, private voluntary and independent nurseries (PVI) and school-based settings working across all key stages.

Throughout Anita’s career her main experience and passion has been in supporting children with a range of special educational needs or disabilities (SEND).

She has worked within the Early Years Inclusion Team for the last 15 years, first in the role of Inclusion Worker, then as an Area SENCo and since July 2015 as the Team Leader.

In her present role she manages the team of Area SENCO’s and an Early Years SEND keyworker.

Anita also oversees the decision making for the SEN Inclusion Fund & Disability Access Fund (DAF).

Anita chairs the Early Years Co-ordination Team (EYCT), whose purpose is to ensure that pre-school children have equity of access to services across health and education as early as possible to ensure that their needs are identified prior to starting formal education.

Contact details

Email:  anita.smith@royalgreenwich.gov.uk         Mobile: 07908230569

She can also be contacted on either:

SEN Inclusion Fund email: early-years-inclusion-fund@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

SEND Early Years (0-3yrs) Keyworker: Early-Years-Keyworker@royalgreenwich.gov.uk


Area SENCo’s  

Alison Rabicano

Alison started work in Greenwich in 1990 where she worked with the Greenwich Psychology Service providing administrative support.

After 2 years she became a volunteer home visitor in the Portage Team, it was a role she really loved; working with families in their home with children who had an emerging Special Educational Need in the Abbeywood and Thamesmead area.

The role was to help children learn through play working in partnership with their parents. This post became permanent and Alison remained with the Portage Team until the service ceased in April 2015. 

Alison joined the Early Years Inclusion Team in October 2015 and has been working as an Area SENCo since then. She has been able to continue the relationships she made within Abbey Wood, Thamesmead and Central A area as she supports the settings primarily within that area.

Contact details

Email:  Alison.Rabicano@royalgreenwich.gov.uk       Mobile: 07908805999


Heather Truluck

 

Heather has worked in early years for 19 years, working in a range of settings including Schools and Day nurseries.

 She began her career in a day nursery where she completed her NVQ level 2 and 3 going on to become a room leader.

 Heather has since then worked across many of the Greenwich Nursery Schools and was the team leader in one setting.

 She was able to gain lots of experience working alongside other professionals to support children with special educational needs/ disabilities.

 Heather has also worked in Early Help supporting children and families through the Greenwich Children’s centres.

 Contact details

Email:  heather.truluck@royalgreenwich.gov.uk     Mobile:  07564056208


 

Libby Eastman

Libby has worked in the early years sector for 12 years within a range of settings including day nurseries and primary schools.

She started her career in 2010 as a Level 2 nursery nurse apprentice at a day nursery in Bexley and then went on to complete a Level 3 in Childcare at the same setting.

It was during her first year as an apprentice that she discovered her passion in working with and supporting children who have additional needs.

In 2013 she worked in a Greenwich primary school as an LSA for 4 children from reception age through to year 6. She then took on a temporary nursery nurse role in a day nursery in Kent for 9 months before joining a nursery team in a Greenwich PVI where she became a room leader and SENCo for 3 years.

She joined the Early Years Inclusion Team in September 2017 as an Inclusion Worker and in December 2018 she became an Area SENCO.

Libby supports the settings primarily within the South and West area of Greenwich.

Contact details

Email:  Libby.Eastman@royalgreenwich.gov.uk     Mobile:  07525916359


  Lauren Randall

Lauren has worked in the early year sector for 15 years within a range of primary schools, private voluntarily and independent nurseries (PVI).

She particularly enjoys working within the early years and supporting children with a range of special educational needs and/or disabilities.

She originally started her career in a primary school nursery and worked alongside the nursery teacher as the nursery nurse. She also worked within key stage 1 as a teaching assistant, Key stage 2 as a learning mentor and then joined a PVI where she stayed for just under 10 years, working as a level 3 assistant, SENCo, deputy manager and then the manager.

Lauren joined the Early Years Inclusion Team in October 2019 as an Area SENCo and supports the settings primarily within the Central B area of Greenwich.

Contact details

Email:  Lauren.Randall@royalgreenwich.gov.uk     Mobile: 07714073018


 Nicola Hunt

Nicola has worked within the Early Years sector for 19 years, with most of this time being spent within private voluntarily and independent (PVI) nurseries as the named SENCo.

Nicola’s motivation has always been around SEND and Inclusion and whilst gaining her Early Years Level 2 and then Level 3 Diploma in Childcare she has also trained to become a level 3 Forest School Leader, in which Nicola continues to have a particular passion as she feels this environment and structure can be of particular benefit to children with additional needs.

Nicola began her career in 2003 as a nursery practitioner, very soon after she was named the setting SENCo and completed the Greenwich level 1 and 2 SENCo training. She eventually moved on to a Bromley setting, again as the SENCo for the next 11 years; establishing a Forest School from 2011.

Nicola returned to Greenwich and joined the Early Years Inclusion Team as an Area SENCo in 2016. She supports the settings primarily within the West area of Greenwich.

Contact details

Email:  Nicola.Hunt@royalgreenwich.gov.uk     Mobile: 07714 487560


Sarah Wright

Sarah has worked in the childcare sector for 32 years.

She’s worked in a variety of settings; nursery schools, nursery classes within a primary school, creches and a brief period as a live out nanny.

She has a vast experience, working with young children from a few months old to approx. 5 years old.

Sarah joined the newly formed Early Years Inclusion Team in 2000 first as an Inclusion Worker whose primary role was to promote inclusion and increase capacity in nursery aged children in schools and PVI’s. Then after a number of years Sarah changed her role and began working within the team in the newly developed role of Area SENCo.

Her passion is early years education for all children to access, enjoy and make progress.

She supports the settings primarily within the South area of Greenwich.

Contact details

Email:  Sarah.Wright@royalgreenwich.gov.uk     Mobile: 07961 032 023


Antoinette Hunte

Antoinette has worked in the childcare sector for 19 years.
She’s worked in a variety of PVI settings, nursery schools and nursery classes within a primary school.
She has a vast experience, working with young children and enjoys making a difference to young children and the family’s lives.

Antoinette has only very recently joined the Early Years Inclusion Service and is looking forward to working with families and settings in her new capacity.

Contact details

Email: Antoinette Hunte@royalgreenwich.gov.uk    Mobile: 07864685539


SEND Early Years (0-3yrs) Keyworker 


Emma Funnell

Emma’s career spans 27 years working within education, firstly as a nanny before moving to a specialist ASD school where she worked for 12 years in the nursery and reception class as a nursery nurse. She had a brief spell as a childminder when her own children were small before returning to work in an ASD DSP (Designated Special Provision) in Bromley with children ranging from 5 to 10 years.

Emma moved from there to join the ASD Outreach Services in Greenwich working with under 5’s with social communication difficulties and ASD in the four maintained nursery schools. After 7 years she decided to utilise her skills to further support families who have children with SEND.

In September 2019 Emma joined the Early Years Inclusion Team as a SEND keyworker where she continues to offer support to families of young children with SEND before they start an educational provision.

Contact details

Email: Emma.Funnell@royalgreenwich.gov.uk  Mobile: 07714073019


 

Jargon Buster

The jargon buster aims to give simple, plain English explanations of typical words and phrases used in relation to Special Educational Needs/ Disability (SEND)– we use lots of abbreviations when we talk about people and services. 

Here is a list to help you along the way….to help you understand what you read or hear day-to-day. If you've heard a word or phrase you don't know, check to see if it's on the list below.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Area SENCo

An Area SENCO helps make the links between education, health and social care to facilitate appropriate early provision for children with SEN and their transition to compulsory schooling.

ASD

Autistic Spectrum Disorder-Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability caused by differences in the brain.

BB

Blue Badge-A blue badge allows some disabled people to park closer to their destination, as they're less able to walk long distances or take public transport

BP

Behaviour Plan-Behaviour support plans describe the type of situations that a person finds difficult and what they and others can do to help them cope with distress. They are a useful way of encouraging those supporting the person to respond consistently.

CAMHS

Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service- CAMHS stands for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. This is the name for the NHS services that assess and treat children/ young people with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties

Community Paediatrician

A doctor who specialises in children's health and may be responsible for the continuing care of children with SEN both before school entry and in special and mainstream schools.

DLA

 

Disability Living Allowance-Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children may help with the extra costs of looking after a child who:

  • is under 16
  • has difficulties walking or needs much more looking after than a child of the same age who does not have a disability

DAF

 

Disability Access Fund- new funding for early years. providers to support children with disabilities or special educational needs. It aids access to early years places by supporting providers in making reasonable adjustments to their settings.

EHC plan

Education, Health, Care Plan- Statutory plans introduced by the Children and Families Act 2014. These will run from 0-25 and replace statements of SEN

 

EYCT

 

Early Years Coordination Team- The purpose of the Early Years Co-ordination Team is to ensure that pre-school children have equity of access to services as early as possible and ensure that their needs are identified prior to starting formal education.

EYIT

 

Early Years Inclusion Team- your child can receive support from the Early Years Inclusion Team if they have an identified or emerging complex special educational need/disability and are a Greenwich resident aged 2-5yrs who attends an early education or care setting that is in the Private, Voluntary or Independent (PVI) sector

EP

Educational Psychologist. A professional employed by the local authority to assess a child’s special educational needs and to give advice to school settings on how these needs can be met.

 

FF

Family Fund - is a grant to help families across the UK who are raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person aged 17 or under

Greenwich Parent Carer Participation Forum (GPCPF)

The local representative group in Greenwich for parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs or disability

GOSH

 

Great Ormand Street Hospital-Great Ormond Street Hospital is a children's hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

HI

 

Hearing Impairment-Hearing impairment or deafness covers are terms we use to refer to someone who has some level of hearing loss

HCP

               

Health Care Professional-refers to all paid and unpaid persons serving in healthcare settings who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious materials, including body substances (e.g., blood, tissue, and specific body fluids); contaminated medical supplies, devices, and equipment

IND

Integrated Neurodevelopmental Team - provides a specialist assessment service for children and young people in Greenwich with difficulties around social skills.

Inclusion

When anyone, regardless of impairment is welcomed and supported to be involved. Inclusion should mean disabled and non-disabled people are supported to take part in activities together.

Key Worker

A trained individual who provides personalised support, co-ordination and/or advocacy for disabled children and young people and their families.

Local Authority

The local council responsible for managing services in your area. i.e. Royal Greenwich

OT

Occupational Therapy- is a profession within healthcare. It is the use of assessment and intervention to develop, recover, or maintain the meaningful activities, or occupations, of individuals, groups, or communities.

Outcomes

What children and young people achieve and how their lives improve. For example, going to college, learning new skills, living on their own or getting a job.

Physio

Physiotherapy- Physical therapy, also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions. It is provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through physical examination, diagnosis, prognosis, patient education, physical intervention, rehabilitation, disease prevention and health promotion

Profile

Document prepared in consultation with parents/carers and all adults involved outlining your child’s strengths, needs and future aspirations to apply for EHC Plan (see above). 

PLP

Personal Learning Plan- short term targets

SEND Code of Practice

The legal document that sets out the requirements for SEND

SEND

Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities-The term SEN covers a wide range of needs. These include behavioural, emotional and social difficulties, speech, language and communication, hearing impairment, visual impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and autism.

 The Equality Act 2010 defines a person with a disability as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. The definition of disability encompasses a broader range of impairments than might be commonly assumed, including children with autism, sensory impairments and communication difficulties

SEN

Special Educational Needs (see above)

SENCO

Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator- The person responsible for the planning of special educational needs provision within school or early years setting.

SENIF

 

SEN Inclusion Funding-This funding is available to all children in receipt of early education and do not have an issued or agreed EHCP.  An application can be submitted termly for those children where there is an identified need that is “additional to and different from.

SALT

Speech and Language Therapist- A professional trained to give specialist assessment and advice for children with communication difficulties

Specialist provision

Specialist provision generally refers to support and services provided by specialists in education, health or social care following individual referral and specialist assessment.

SPA

Single Point of Access- The SPA is an access process where all professionals share a single point of contact information through a Triage system to arrange urgent and non-urgent referrals. 

TAC

Team around the Child meeting- is for children and families who might need a little extra support from professionals in order to achieve expected standards of health, education, development or welfare

VI

 

Vision Impairment- Visual impairment is the term used to describe a loss of sight that cannot be corrected using glasses or contact lenses.

Disability Awareness- What is reasonable adjustments?

What is Disability?

You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities.

Although a wheelchair is often used to symbolise disability, only 5% of the disabled population are permanent wheelchair users.

 

Disability covers a wide spectrum of impairments, including:

  • Physical impairments (difficulties in moving parts of the body – this could also include medical conditions such as Diabetes Type 1)
  • Sensory impairments (hearing or sight)
  • Communication difficulties (speech impairments)
  • Learning difficulties (e.g.  Autism, Downs Syndrome)
  • Mental health issues (e.g. diagnosed with depression, schizophrenia)

 

The Equality Act 2010- what does this mean for us?

What is reasonable?     (Definition: ‘having sound judgement; fair and sensible)

What is ‘justification’?  (Definition: ‘The action of showing something to be right or reasonable.)

 

How accessible is your Early Years setting?

 How are rooms, facilities and equipment labelled?

What positive images do you have available?

 

 How inclusive is your everyday practice – for example the activities you provide?

 

 Something to think about …

Think about your Early Years setting and yourself, are there any reasonable adjustments you could make that would ensure a more inclusive environment?

 Disability Access Fund (DAF)

  • The Disability Access Fund is for all three- four year olds who are taking up their free funding entitlement and are in receipt of Disability Living Allowance.

For a child to qualify for Disability Living Allowance, they must need:

–         Care and attention or supervision because of a physical or mental disability or health condition. - The child does not need to have a confirmed medical diagnosis

  • Early years providers are ultimately responsible for identifying eligible children.
  • How much funding will each child receive if eligible?  -  It is equivalent to £615 per child per year and is paid to the registered Childcare Provider where the child attends to help support access to the free funding entitlement
  • What happens if the child is attending two different settings? - If the child is attending two different settings to access their free funding entitlement, then the parent/ carer needs to choose which setting will be allocated the DAF
  • Do I need to complete a form to access the DAF?  - There is a form for the parents to complete with their chosen childcare provider, and parents will have to give their chosen childcare provider a copy of the DLA letter, along with the form so the provider can return it to the Local Authority.
  • What if my child moves to another childcare provider half way through the year? - If the child moves settings half way through the year, the funding will stay with the current setting, it is not transferable and does not follow the child.

Easy Read

Referral guidance and forms

It might help to watch the short information brief below before considering whether a referral is necessary and if so, which referral pathway may be the right one.

Referrals with signed parental consent to the service are accepted from:

-       Parents and carers

-       Early years setting (PVI) including child-minders

-       Any professional working with a child or family

-       Any voluntary service working with a child or family

Referrals are also accepted from professionals working with the child/family or parents and carers through the Early Years Co-ordination team.

A referral can only be made with written parental permission, although general advice can be given around issues that arise in a setting.

Referrals can be made for children who have identified, or emerging complex needs and are not attending a school based educational provision for 2, 3 and 4-year olds.

  • Single referral- to SEND Outreach Support Services with the appendix for the Early Years Inclusion Team (EYIT).

 

Please complete and return form, together with any supporting documents to:

SEND Outreach Support Services, King’s Park Campus, Eltham Palace Road, London SE9 5LX

or telephone: 02028 921 3311



Complex needs
-If the child's need is more complex and they have or are likely to require 3 services (even if they are already involved) it is best to refer into the Early Years Coordination Team (EYCT)

The purpose of the Early Years Co-ordination Team is to ensure that pre-school children have equity of access to services as early as possible and ensure that their needs are identified prior to starting formal education.

To support onward referrals from the EYCT meeting, panel members will need to ensure all the information is attached to the referral so that the relevant service triage team can make the decision based on their acceptance criteria.

Please note appendices will need to be completed as appropriate to support a referral to that service. Incomplete forms will be automatically rejected and returned.

 Any professional within Health, Children’s Services, the Voluntary Sector or General Practice can make a referral request to the EYCT.

 The Referral form for the Early Years Co-ordination Team should be completed by the referrer for each child after discussion and signed agreement with his or her parents.

 The completed referral form must contain details of all professionals involved, and their reports, a summary of the child’s current difficulties, background information and parent’s views. Supporting information may also include

•           Targets- reviewed/ current

•           Setting report/ SALT / CP/ OT/ Physio/ etc reports

•           Setting reports or EYFS Tracking

•           Risk Assessments

Ideally evidence should be provided of targeted short-term support over and above that provided routinely as part of universal services and as part of the settings general practice in meeting the needs of all children in their setting, demonstrating that you have implemented strategies to support the child and the outcome of this support. 

Once completed the Early Years Co-ordination Team referral form should be sent to the administration team at the address below.

Child Development Centre, Administration Team, Early Years Co-ordination Team (EYCT) Single Point of Access Team, Memorial Hospital Shooter’s Hill, London SE18 3RG        Telephone number: 020 8294 3118 

Or email: oxl-tr.childrenstherapies@nhs.net

Any professional can refer a child subject to the following:

  • Children aged between 0 to 5 years of age and is resident in the borough of Greenwich.
  • The child has complex health, developmental and/or learning difficulties
  • The child needs to be known to two or more professional services represented on the team.
  • The child needs a joint approach or plan and there is not already one agency in ‘firm management’ of the case.
  • or has received a ‘section 23 notification’- health services are required to make a section 23 notification to the Local Authority if they believe a child under school age has or is likely to have, special educational needs or a disability (SEND)

 The EYCT is represented by several services including the following:

  • Community Paediatrics
  • NDC
  • Early Years Inclusion Team- comprising of Area SENCo’s/ Inclusion Workers/
  • SEND Early Years (0-3yrs) keyworker
  • Educational Psychologist Service
  • Music Therapy
  • Paediatric Occupational Therapy
  • Paediatric Physiotherapy
  • Speech and Language Therapy
  • Sensory ServiceOr email: 
  • STEPS
  • ASD Outreach

WORD versions of the above referral forms are available from the Downloads tab


 

Information on TAC meetings - for parents and practitioners

What is a Team Around the Child meeting?

A Team Around the Child meeting, sometimes called a ‘TAC’ is a meeting between yourself  and the services/agencies that could help you and your child. The meeting will look at ways that these services and agencies can support you and your child.

Team Around the child meetings - a guide

Transition information - for parents and practitioners

What are transitions?

​Transitions are the moves children make from home to an early learning and childcare setting and from there to primary school. Transitions and changes are part of everyone's life.

The vast majority of children look forward to moving on.

However, transitions can be challenging and support from parents and staff, particularly the sharing of information can help transitions go more smoothly.

The documents below have been developed to support this - just click or tap on the image to view

Useful questions for parents 

Support for transition to Primary School

Early Years Transition checklist

Early Years Transfer Form Guidcance

Early Years SEND Inclusion Funding and DAF - for parents and practitioners

Is your child eligible for additional funding to support them in their Early Years setting?

Your child may be eligible to receive support from the Early Years SEN Inclusion Fund if they:

  • Are in receipt of the Free Entitlement to Early Learning (FEEL) *2, 3 & 4 year old funding and attend a child-minder, PVI setting or nursery school/ school in Royal Greenwich.
  • Have a lower level or emerging Special Educational Need (SEN) or have a more complex developmental/ medical need.

*Is my child entitled to a two year old early learning provision?

REVISED ENTITLEMENT CRITERIA FOR TWO YEAR OLD EARLY LEARNING PROVISION FROM 1 APRIL 2018

  • Households receiving universal credit and have a net earning of less than £15,400 a year*
  • Looked After Children
  • Child with an education, health and care (EHC) plan
  • Child in receipt of **Disability Living Allowance
  • Child with care under a special guardianship order, child arrangements order or adoption order

Easy Read - Free education and childcare for 2-year-olds

How can my child be referred?

All early years’ settings are expected to meet the needs of most children from within their own nursery resources, with appropriately differentiated planning (this includes providing support within the normal setting ratio of staff)

If however, you and the professionals involved agree that your child may require additional support, the nursery or other professionals can make an application for SEN Inclusion Funding. These professionals may include:

  • the early years’ setting including child-minders
  • any professional working with your child and family.
  • All applications/ reviews should be emailed to the Early Years SEN Inclusion Fund at: Early-years-inclusion-fund@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Information Pack

 

SENIF/DAF application/review form

Paperwork to send to support the application for extra support

When the setting apply they will need to provide information to the Early Years SEN Inclusion Fund to help them make their decision which MUST include:

  • Information from you, including signed parental consent to show that you have been involved in decision making and want the application to go ahead.
  • Completed application form
  • Specific interventions required detailed in a Personal Learning Plan (PLP)
  • Relevant reports from services supporting your child which inform the PLP

And MAY included:

  • TAC meeting notes
  • Relevant risk assessments and/ or Health Care Plan
  • One page profile/ Draft profile

You may find it helpful to watch the short video guide below ahead of making an application

Visit the SEND Inclusion Fund page to find out more


 

What is the Disability Access Fund (DAF)?

  • From April 2017 providers will be able to access additional funding (separate to Inclusion Funding) to support children with disabilities or SEN. The DAF aids access to early years places by, for example, supporting providers in making reasonable adjustments to their settings and/or helping with building capacity (be that for the child in question or for the benefit of children as a whole attending the setting).
  • The Disability Access Fund is for all three- four year olds who are taking up their free funding entitlement and who are in receipt of Disability Living Allowance.
  • Note: Four-year olds in primary school reception classes are NOT eligible for DAF funding   -    Children become eligible for free early education at different points in the year depending on when they turn 3.
  • Early years providers are ultimately responsible for identifying eligible children.

Information Pack

How much funding will each child receive if eligible?

  • It is equivalent to £881* per child per year and is paid to the registered Childcare Provider where the child attends to help support access to the free funding entitlement
  • The DAF is not based on an hourly rate and is an additional entitlement.
  • Children do not have to take up the full 570 hours of early education they are entitled to in order to receive the DAF.
  • Children in receipt of the DAF will be eligible where they take-up any period of free entitlement.


What happens if the child is attending two different settings?

  • If the child is attending two different settings to access their free funding entitlement, then the parent/ carer needs to choose which setting will be allocated the DAF

Do I need to complete a form to access the DAF?

  • Providers will need to complete pages 2-6 and appendix D of the Early Years SEN Inclusion Fund Application form with a completed invoice for the amount of £881*
  • Parents will need to complete a signed Parental Declaration and give their chosen childcare provider a copy of the DLA letter
  • All information should then be should be emailed to: Early-years-inclusion-fund@royalgreenwich.gov.uk
  • or post to: SEND Outreach Services, King’s Park Campus Eltham Palace Road, London SE9 5LX and marked FAO: Early Years SEN Inclusion Fund

* Revised September 2023-The DAF payment increased to £881 on 1st September 2023 as a result of the Government supplementary grant which only covers DAF claims during the period 01/09/2023- 31/03/2024

Visit the DAF page to find out more