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Spoke The free checklist for a comprehensive SEND Local Offer

Chapter 4 of the SEND Code of Practice sets out what your Local Offer needs to do. I've turned all 128 of those requirements into a single checklist, built directly from the Code of Practice text.

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Why Spoke

  • Guidance on what each item should look like, not just the bare requirement
  • Multiple users to lighten the load
  • Link straight through to your own live Local Offer pages
  • Fully customisable for your authority
  • Built as a to do list, not a document
  • Covers all 128 requirements from Chapter 4

What's inside

128 items across 8 sections, mapped straight to Chapter 4 of the Code of Practice. Open a section to see what it covers.

What is the Local Offer? 13 items
  • 4.1 Local authorities must publish a Local Offer
  • 4.2 The Local Offer has two key purposes
  • 4.3 Engagement with children, young people and parent carers
  • 4.4a Provision outside the local area: Neighbouring facilities
  • 4.4b Provision outside the local area: Joint provision
  • 4.4c Provision outside the local area: Low incidence and complex SEND
  • 4.5 Comply with the Equality Act 2010
  • 4.6 Requirements from The Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014
  • 4.7a Collaborative
  • 4.7b Accessible
  • 4.7c Comprehensive
  • 4.7d Up to date
  • 4.7d Transparent
Preparing and reviewing the Local Offer 23 items
  • 4.8 Involve children with SEND and parents
  • 4.9 Co-production
  • 4.10a Publicise the Local Offer
  • 4.10b Support that enables the contribution of children, young people and parents
  • 4.11a Young people forums
  • 4.11b Young people engagement methods
  • 4.12 Organising participation events for young people
  • 4.13 Effective parent participation
  • 4.14 Local authority cooperation
  • 4.15 Relevant local partners
  • 4.16 Early years providers
  • 4.17 Local authority cooperation
  • 4.18 Publishing comments and responses
  • 4.19 Reviews. Sufficiency and reorganisation
  • 4.20 Reviews and actions
  • 4.21 Comments from children and young people with SEND and their parents
  • 4.22 Publishing comments
  • 4.23 Comment format
  • 4.24 Annual summary of comments
  • 4.25 "You said, we did"
  • 4.26 Consultation on actions on comments
  • 4.27 Feedback to commissioners
  • 4.28 Data informed decisions
What must be included in the Local Offer? 19 items
  • 4.29 Areas specified in the SEND Regulations 2014
  • 4.30 A Include special ed, health, and social care provision
  • 4.30 B How to request an EHC Plan assessment
  • 4.30 C Identifying and assessing SEN
  • 4.30 G Arrangements for travel to and from settings
  • 4.30 D Other educational provision
  • 4.30 E Post-16 education and training
  • 4.30 H Phase transition
  • 4.30 I Sources of IAS
  • 4.30 J Childcare
  • 4.30 K Leisure activities
  • 4.30 L Higher education
  • 4.30 M Disagreements and mediation
  • 4.30 N Rights to appeal
  • 4.30 O Accessibility Strategy
  • 4.30 P Section 41 institutions
  • 4.31a Universal Services
  • 4.31c Specialist Services
  • 4.31b Targeted Services
Educational, health and care provision 57 items
  • 4.32 Authority-wide description of the special educational and training provision
  • 4.32a Identify particular SEN
  • 4.32b Consult with parents
  • 4.32c Secure services required
  • 4.32d Preparing for adulthood
  • 4.32e Approaches to teaching and adaptations
  • 4.32f Making facilities accessible
  • 4.32g Assessing progress
  • 4.32h 1 Staff awareness
  • 4.32h 2 Enhanced staff expertise
  • 4.32h 3 Specialist staff expertise
  • 4.32i Setting effectiveness
  • 4.32j activities available
  • 4.32k supporting emotional, mental and social development
  • 4.33 Children looked after, with SEN
  • 4.34 Schools' additional duties
  • 4.35 School admission for disabled pupils
  • 4.36 Publish schools' local offers
  • 4.37 Equal opportunity for early years
  • 4.38 Childcare options
  • 4.38a free early education places
  • 4.38b Early years support and portage
  • 4.38c Early years assessment
  • 4.38d Parental support
  • 4.38e Early years progress reviews
  • 4.39 Specialist schools list
  • 4.39a Specialist educational provision
  • 4.39b Educational setting collaboration
  • 4.39c top-up funding
  • 4.39d Released from custody
  • 4.40 Health provision
  • 4.40a Assistance for medical conditions
  • 4.40b Making services accessible
  • 4.40c Therapies
  • 4.40d Wheelchair services
  • 4.40d 2 Children’s community nursing
  • 4.40d 3 continence services
  • 4.40e Respite care
  • 4.40f Emergency are provision
  • 4.40g Continuing care
  • 4.40h Moving between healthcare services
  • 4.41 Publishing healthcare information
  • 4.42 Social Care services
  • 4.42a Childcare - Social Care
  • 4.42b Leisure activites - Social Care
  • 4.42c Moving between Social Care services
  • 4.42d Independent living - Social Care
  • 4.43 Adult care information service
  • 4.44 Short breaks
  • 4.45a Parental support groups
  • 4.45b Parent carer's needs assessment
  • 4.46 Training and employment for young people with SEND
  • 4.47 Applying for training and apprenticeships
  • 4.48 Transport provision
  • 4.49 Travel to school
  • 4.50 Transport policy statement
  • 4.51 Transport support and training
Support available to children and young people to help them prepare for adulthood 10 items
  • 4.52 Moving into adulthood
  • 4.53 Preparing for employment
  • 4.54 Accommodation
  • 4.55a Leisure and social
  • 4.55b Accessing mainstream community
  • 4.55c Volunteering opportunities
  • 4.55d Care support
  • 4.55e 1 Friendship support
  • 4.55e 2 Internet safety
  • 4.56 Adult care information and advice
Information about how to seek an EHC needs assessment 3 items
  • 4.57 Requesting an EHC plan assessment
  • 4.58a EHC Plan
  • 4.58b Personal budgets
Information, advice and support 3 items
  • 4.59 Where to get information and advice
  • 4.60 Tailored advice and guidance for children and young people
  • 4.61 Participation in strategic decision-making for children and young people with SEND

What people are saying

I can link the actual pages of the Local Offer

I love that everything is in one place

It's a very detailed to do list

Supports your planning and challenges you to make the Local Offer better

You always know what's done, and what's next

It's just very visual

The old version of this checklist lived in Airtable, and I always had to admit it might not work for everyone. Spoke is a real, properly built web tool instead. No more caveats.

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