Creating a Provision Map Step 1: Auditing Projected Pupil Need
The purpose of the audit of projected need is to show how many pupils you have in each year group who need additional interventions. These are likely to be in the areas of language, literacy, mathematics, motor skills and social and emotional learning.
Schools collect a range of data relating to the progress of all pupils. These data sources will help to identify pupils who are not making adequate progress. . In addition, other sources of information such as PLASC information, the SEN profile, the EAL profile and the Gifted and Talented profile. The focus of this audit is not just to identify who has additional needs but to be much clearer about what type of provision they will need to address their needs. One of the major outcomes of the introduction of Provision Management in recent years has been the extension of the range of provision that schools are providing. Early provision maps often demonstrated lots of literacy provision but very little provision for numeracy, language and the development of social, emotional and behavioural skills.
Must,Could,Should Charts
Many schools complement their data analysis with a Must,Could,Should chart. For each year group class teams complete a Must, Could Should chart to map the projected needs in each year group for the school year. Using a range of information from parents/carers, achievement and progress data and a range of other assessment evidence, a list is compiled of all known pupils who would benefit from additional provision and the type of provision they might require.
Pupils that fall into the Must category are those for whom specific types of provision are either statutory or clearly essential: for example, children with a statement of SEN or at School Action Plus, children at an early stage of English language acquisition.
Pupils who fall into the Should category are those who have the next highest call on available provision, either because of the severity of their needs and the impact of those needs on their own progress or that of other learners. These are likely to include children at School Action. Assessment information, including, for example, that from detailed tracking of pupil progress, EAL assessments and SEN/PLASC information, should be used to show the type of provision each child might require.
Pupils who fall into the Could category are those pupils for whom the school would like to make additional provision, if the budget allowed, but for whom the priority is lower. Not all schools choose to use the ‘Could’ category.
Our Provision Manager software provides full support for creating Must, Should, Could Charts
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Page last updated 7th May 2009