Somerset’s Graduated Response Tool now replaces the Somerset Core Standards. This has been co-produced with stakeholders from education, health, social care, parent carers and support service teams. Somerset’s Graduated Response Tool sets out the barriers to learning that children and young people may have and the strategies and provision that could be in place to support them. Somerset’s Graduated Response Tool has been created to support all users to understand the Graduated Response to Special Educational Needs in the context of current legislation. The document makes it clear ‘what to expect’ in terms of what is provided and is written for parent carers, children and young people, school staff and those who provide services to families. The tool sets out the provision that is ordinarily available in Somerset schools at both the Universal and Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support levels. Somerset’s Graduated Response Tool You can find documents to support your use of the tool below. The templates are available in a version that can be edited and a read only PDF version. Please note: If you are going to use the versions that can be edited you will need to download them so that you can open, view and edit them effectively. You will need to do this for all of the documents below apart from the main tool, ADPR template and the Service Offer pyramid. Somerset’s Graduated Response Tool PowerPoint Somerset’s Graduated Response Tool’ Launch Webinar PowerPoint March 2022 Somerset’s Graduated Response Tool Launch Webinar – YouTube Graduated Response Flowchart This flowchart is intended as guidance for schools, parent carers and children and young people. It shows an example of what a Graduated Response might look like when working collaboratively to meet a child or young person’s Special Educational Needs. It signposts to useful documents and templates that could be used to support the implementation and recording of the Graduated Response. Hyperlinks to key documents are indicated through underlined text. Graduated Response Flowchart (editable Publisher version) Graduated Response Flowchart (read only PDF version) Quick Checker An extract from ‘Somerset’s Graduated Response Tool’ to support initial identification of barriers under the four broad areas of SEN. Quick Checker (editable Word version) Quick Checker (editable Publisher version) Quick Checker (read only PDF version) Universal Barriers and Strategies Record A table containing an extract of the Universal section of the ‘Broad Areas of Need’ in ‘Somerset’s Graduated Response Tool’. This could be used to identify, record and review barriers and strategies at a Universal level for individual children and young people. Universal Barriers and Strategies Record (editable Word version) Universal Barriers and Strategies Record (editable Publisher version) Universal Barriers and Strategies Record (read only PDF version) Pupil Passport Template A child-centred template for recording interests, strengths, barriers and suggested support strategies. This could be introduced at the Universal level of the Graduated Response and remain in place at SEN Support alongside the Assess, Plan, Do, Review record. Pupil Passport Template (editable Word version) Pupil Passport Template (editable Publisher version) Pupil Passport Template (read only PDF version) Teacher SEN Referral Process and Form Template A template for raising an initial concern where SEN Support may be needed. The template guides users through the actions required at a Universal level before a request for SEN Support is made. Teacher SEN Referral Process and Form Template (editable Word version) Teacher SEN Referral Process and Form Template (editable Publisher version) Teacher SEN Referral Process and Form Template (read only PDF version) Assess, Plan Do, Review (ADPR) Template A template that could be used to record the Assess, Plan, Do, Review process for children and young people at SEN Support. Assess, Plan Do, Review (ADPR) Template (Word version) Somerset Service Offer as a Graduated Response The diagram guides users through Somerset’s Service Teams’ Graduated Response to supporting schools. In addition, there are Service Teams links for the Support Service for Education (SSE) website to signpost users to more information. Somerset Service Offer as a Graduated Response (PDF version) We are also working on the following areas and will add them to the Local Offer as soon as they are ready: Parent carer video Children and young people’s video Early Years Version Post-16 version Our Young People’s Champions recorded this video to explain what the Core Standards are about. Whilst the Core Standards have now been replaced, the Graduated Response information is still current. The Somerset Sensory Processing Handbook