4-5 years: reception

• School Entry Health Assessment, covering areas such as height, weight, vision, hearing, continence, sleep, behaviour, and emotional wellbeing, to support a smooth and healthy start to school.

• Clear handover from the nursery SENCo to the school SENCo, ensuring important information and support plans move with the child.

• Quality First Teaching, with inclusive, high‑quality practice that meets the needs of all children in the classroom.

• Early Help Best Start Family Hub transition support, offering advice and reassurance to help children and families feel confident about the move into school.

NO: Continue to access universal Health Visiting and Early Help Family Hub services

YES: Access to targeted services listed below:

• Continued Special Educational Needs (SEN) support in school, ensuring children keep receiving the help they need as they move into their next stage of learning.

• Ongoing APDR cycles (Assess, Plan, Do, Review) to regularly check progress and adapt support so it remains effective and appropriate.

• Small group interventions and Teaching Assistant (TA) support, providing targeted help to build skills, confidence, and independence.

• Educational Psychologist (EP) advice, where needed, to guide planning and support learning, behaviour, and emotional wellbeing.

• An updated SEND Support Plan, clearly setting out current needs, targets, and strategies to support continued progress in school.

If difficulties are ongoing, your child could access specialist services such as:

• Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA), if this has not already begun, to explore whether longer‑term statutory support is needed.

• Education, Health and Care Needs Plan (EHCP) provision, where agreed, setting out the education, health, and care support your child will receive.

• Embedded therapies such as Speech and Language Therapy (SALT), Occupational Therapy (OT), and Physiotherapy, delivered as part of everyday learning and routines where appropriate.

• Ongoing support from community paediatric services, helping to monitor development and wellbeing over time.

• Access to specialist placements, if needed, to ensure the most suitable learning environment for your child.

• Support with formal Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) assessment pathways, including guidance and coordination with health and education professionals.

5 years: end of reception assessments