Dyslexia and literacy difficulties can be found in the Cognition and Learning section in the toolkit.

Cambridgeshire’s approach to difficulties are explained fully in the following documents:

• Dyslexia and Literacy Guidance [Size: 1,237 KB, File: PDF].
• Dyslexia Guidance Research [Size: 2,015 KB, File: PDF].
• Quick Guide for Parents on Dyslexia and Literacy [Size: 742 KB, File: PDF].

This can be found in the SEMH Section- under the heading of ‘Specialist Guidance’.

OAP is not a Cambridgeshire term, but a term referred to in the SEN Code of Practice and the Green paper. We have started to say SEND OAP more so that people realise we are talking about children with SEND. SEND Code of Practice, 2015 links high-quality teaching with ordinarily available provision:

“…higher quality teaching ordinarily available to the whole class is likely to mean that fewer pupils will require such support.” - (Para 6.15)

This toolkit highlights a range of support and expectations that schools and settings can ordinarily provide for a child or young person, without the need for additional support from an Education Health and Care Plan.

The whole toolkit addresses special educational needs and disabilities. Physical Disabilities will be included in the Physical and Sensory section which we hope to make live in the Summer Term of 2023.

We have built this on our learn together site and therefore there is no separate search function. Once people are using it, the boxes make things easy to navigate, like chapters of a book.

We have designed the resource as a toolkit rather than a long document so that teachers and SENCOs are not required to read everything but can navigate to what they need. In this way, we hope to be able to provide information in a more ‘digestible’ format for school staff.

We have designed the resource as a toolkit rather than a long document so that teachers and SENCOs are not required to read everything but can navigate to what they need. In this way, we hope to be able to provide information in a more ‘digestible’ format for school staff.