Entry and exit criteria for school interventions: a practical guide
Set practical intervention entry and exit criteria in England. Use baseline, eligibility, delivery, attendance and review evidence to decide next steps.
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Earlier practical articles from Student Radar for school leaders and inclusion teams, covering SEND, attendance, safeguarding, assessment and pastoral work.
How to spot duplicated or contradictory SEND provision
Audit SEND provision across plans, EHC plans and intervention timetables in England. Find duplication, contradictions, ownership gaps and review actions.
Read articleDo TA timetables match pupil need or merely historical furniture?
Audit teaching assistant deployment for SEND in England: connect pupil need, lesson context, teacher access, delivery, independence and outcomes.
Read articleHow many intervention places can your school really deliver?
Calculate realistic SEND intervention capacity from staff, rooms, timetables and pupil need, then test whether planned places are actually delivered.
Read articleHow to build a costed provision map that supports decisions
Build a costed provision map for SEND in England: calculate staff time, dosage, group costs and pupil coverage, then use it to support review decisions.
Read articleHow to gather parent contributions before an annual review
A practical England guide to gathering parent contributions before an EHCP annual review, with accessible prompts, follow-up steps and evidence limits.
Read articleSEND record retention and transfer: the practical basics
A practical SEND record retention and transfer guide for schools in England, with a retention matrix, secure handover workflow and audit checklist.
Read articleHow to map Section F provision to what is actually delivered
Use this practical EHCP Section F provision mapping audit to connect each plan line to staffing, timetable, delivery evidence and review action in England.
Read articleWhat counts as evidence in Assess, Plan, Do, Review?
A practical guide for SENCos in England to evidence Assess, Plan, Do, Review: starting point, provision delivery, pupil response and next decisions.
Read articleWhat belongs in an EHC needs assessment evidence file?
Use this EHC needs assessment evidence checklist for schools in England to organise pupil voice, progress, provision, attendance and advice securely.
Read articleEHCP annual review deadlines: a practical countdown for schools
Use this practical EHCP annual review deadline countdown for schools in England, from meeting notice and advice to reports, decisions and amendments.
Read articleConnected pupil data: what it means in practice
A practical guide to connected pupil data for schools in England: link SEND, attendance, behaviour, attainment and health without losing context.
Read articleThe case against the enormous SENCo spreadsheet
A practical SEND tracking spreadsheet alternative for SENCos in England: link register, provision, attendance and review evidence without losing control.
Read articleHow to reconcile SEND status between your MIS and working records
A practical England-focused workflow for SENCos to reconcile MIS SEN codes, the school SEND register and current plans without overwriting evidence.
Read articleProvision maps at year end: what to archive, carry forward or stop
A practical provision map end-of-year review for SENCos in England: decide what to archive, carry forward, adapt or stop using evidence.
Read articleThe Cheam ruling: reasonable adjustments belong inside behaviour decisions
What the Cheam Upper Tribunal ruling means for behaviour policies, sanctions, exclusion and reasonable adjustments in schools in England.
Read articleHow to find plans with missing or implausible review dates
A practical SEND review dates audit for SENCos in England, covering missing, overdue and implausible plan dates, EHC annual reviews and next actions.
Read articleSeven pupil-data checks before rolling records into September
A seven-step pupil data quality checklist for schools in England, covering identity, classes, SEND, contacts, attendance, transfers and ownership.
Read articleHow to clean your SEND register without deleting the story
A practical guide for SENCos in England to correct current SEND records, preserve useful history, archive plans and make safe deletion decisions.
Read articleSeven SEND guidance documents to reread this summer
Seven current SEND guidance documents for SENCos in England, with a practical summer reading plan linking duties to records, actions and September checks.
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