SENIF - latest updates
Please find below the latest updates regarding SENIF - Essex County Council’s new approach to top up funding which will replace both SEN Premium and Inclusion Funding from September 2024. Check back here regularly for updates and the latest information.
Autumn 2023 SENIF briefing
The latest updates regarding the new funding stream to support children with SEND or emerging SEND to access the full early years curriculum. SENIF will replace our two existing funding streams - Inclusion funding and SEN Premium, Please direct any questions to inclusion.funding@essex.gov.uk.
Recording of the Autumn SENIF briefings for settings November 2023
Useful documents and templates
Where indicated, these documents are not accessible. If you require the information in an accessible format, please email: inclusion.funding@essex.gov.uk
SEN Inclusion funding presentation - Autumn 2023 briefing (Powerpoint, 1MB) - not accessible
SENIF briefing sessions Q&A - November 2023 (Word, 37KB)
My early years one plan (Word, 94KB) - not accessible
Medical needs checklist and example template (Word, 79KB)
Children with medical needs in school (Word, 69KB)
Supporting pupils with medical conditions (DfE) (104KB) - not accessible
SENIF banding descriptors (Word, 72KB)
Archived documents
Below are the previously issued documents relating to SEN Inclusion Funding. These have since been revised or superseded. Current guidance is in the useful documents and templates section above.
Essex SEN funding EY engagement slides - Powerpoint, 779KB