About mainstream SEND hubs
In line with the council’s plans to increase the number of SEND and alternative provision places across Lincolnshire, as set out in the better belonging strategy, we intend to establish more SEND hubs in mainstream schools.
Our vision is to ensure that mainstream schools can offer a high-quality education in an inclusive and encouraging environment, where pupils can achieve the best outcomes possible, with access to a rich and wide curriculum.
For the majority of children and young people with SEND, being educated in a mainstream setting with enhanced support is the right type of education. We,in collaboration with a number of schools and academies, are developing this provision.
However, for mainstream schools to be able to meet the needs of all children and young people with SEND, we must ensure that they have the right facilities, resources and access to specialist SEND training.
The SEND hubs aim to provide children and young people with education, health, and care (EHC) plans access to quality teaching in their local school, fostering skills, independence, resilience, and readiness for their next stage of educational journey and adulthood, while promoting a sense of belonging in their community.
The hubs would be aimed at supporting children and young people with additional needs to be educated and have their needs met in a mainstream school with enhanced facilities by knowledgeable and skilled staff. The mainstream SEND hub will be part of the mainstream school, providing an enhanced educational offer for pupils with SEND in the mainstream setting.
The hubs will be for pupils with EHC plans and provide a level of provision between mainstream and special education.
Access to the SEND hub will be through the EHC needs assessment or annual review route, with identification and suitability assessment the responsibility of the SEND caseworker.
All pupils will be on the mainstream school roll and expected to be included regularly in events at the mainstream school, in accordance with individual need.
