Pupil and School Support
Birmingham SEN Toolkits
The Birmingham SEN toolkits support schools in the identification and tracking of pupils working below age related expectations of the National Curriculum in English and Maths. The Toolkits support schools to implement a graduated approach for children and young people with cognition, learning and language needs in line with the SEND Code of Practice (2015).
The toolkits are designed to enable schools to identify gaps in learning and inform planning for whole class learning and interventions. They also support schools in reporting on pupil attainment and small step progress and include the Pre-Key Stage Standards.
Types of SEN Toolkit
The Language and Literacy Toolkit
The language and literacy toolkit focuses on attainment in speaking and listening, reading and writing. It is a tool that supports schools in identifying specific levels of need and ability for pupils with their literacy skills (including speaking and listening). The resource breaks down areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening into discrete skills on a continuum, supporting schools to identify gaps in knowledge, next steps, and provides a range of teaching and learning ideas to support teachers to develop these skills alongside high quality teaching in the classroom.
The Maths Toolkit
The maths toolkit focuses on the identification of barriers to learning in Maths. The maths toolkit is split into the core frameworks and supplementary frameworks. The core focuses on the key areas of number and place value, addition, subtraction, Multiplication and division. In the same way as the Language and Literacy continuum, the Maths Framework supports schools to identify gaps in knowledge, next steps and provides a range of teaching and learning ideas to support teachers to develop these skills alongside high quality teaching in the classroom.
The Toolkit Progress Tracker
In line with the Birmingham SEN Toolkits, PSS also provide an online tool to support schools in tracking the small step progress of pupils working below their year group expectations. The Toolkit Progress Tracker (TPT) is a tool based on the Birmingham SEN Language & Literacy Continuums and enables schools to track and analyse individual, group and whole school data. With TPT, schools are given the tools to demonstrate and report progress for pupils working below their year group expectations and produce reports suitable to share with parents, senior leadership teams, governors and Ofsted. Full training to use the Toolkit Progress Tracker is available.
For more information about SEN Toolkits, please contact Lisa.McIntyre@birmingham.gov.uk