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Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and Provision Maps
Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and Provision Maps
Individual Education Plans (IEPs)
All children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) have written targets, sometimes called IEPs, which sets out:
- what the pupil needs to learn
- who will help and how often
- when progress will be reviewed
Some targets are called SMART targets, this means that they should be addressing a particular problem and that it will be clear from the target how the progress will be measured e.g. By the end of term, John will be able to…
The IEPs for children with a Statement of SEN are reviewed at least twice a year.
Provision Maps
Kingston schools introduced ‘Provision Maps’ to help them set out a summary of the help for pupils with additional needs and show ‘at a glance’, the range of staffing, specialist programmes and other support.
Unlike IEPs, a provision map doesn’t have to be rewritten for every child.
Provision maps can help schools reduce paperwork, e.g. a photocopy of a provision map, highlighted to show the help, can quickly demonstrate what exactly is being provided for the individual child.
Increasingly, Kingston schools are using a combination of school provision maps and pupil targets.
Where schools have arrangements to plan individually for all pupils and record progress, IEPs may become unnecessary.