Identification of need and inclusive provision

The Inclusion and SEND team has produced two tools to improve support for mainstream educational settings in managing their provision for children with additional needs.

The tools are:

• An identification of needs descriptors in educational settings (INDES) framework of standardised terms breaking down the broad areas of SEND into seven specific sections which describe need
• An inclusion and provision self-evaluation framework (IPSEF) that settings can use to evaluate their provision to support inclusive practice and to demonstrate their compliance against the Ofsted framework, legal requirements, and Norfolk County Council's Provision Expected at SEN Support, known as PEaSS. It is intended to effectively be a 'one-stop tool' for settings to evaluate themselves.

Information and guidance

Core tools and guidance

• Implementing the INDES and IPSEF tools (opens new window) (Video)
• INDES Implementation Guide (PDF, 1 MB)
• IPSEF Implementation Guide (PDF, 1 MB)
• INDES complete web form (Word doc, 66 KB)
• INDES complete web form (PDF, 341 KB) - also Handout 1 in the INDES IPSEF Staff Meeting resources and handouts list below
• INDES descriptors - tabular format (PDF, 270 KB) - also Handout 2 in the INDES IPSEF Staff Meeting resources and handouts list below
• IPSEF complete web form (PDF, 295 KB)
• Whole school graduated provision map (Excel doc, 312 KB)

Supporting tools and guidance

• INDES guide to complete SLCN section (PDF, 148 KB) - also Handout 3 in the INDES IPSEF Staff Meeting resources and handouts list below
• INDES IPSEF parent / carer communication (PDF, 284 KB)
• INDES data collation tool (Excel doc, 332 KB) (optional)
• IPSEF action planning tool (Word doc, 210 KB) (optional)
• IPSEF report for provision (Excel doc, 415 KB) (optional)
• Inclusion in a Nutshell - Primary (Excel doc, 913 KB) (optional)
• Inclusion in a Nutshell - Secondary (Excel doc, 881 KB) (optional)
• INDES IPSEF Staff meeting resources and handouts:
  • Introduction Staff Meeting template (Powerpoint, 1 MB)
  • Handout 1 Complete INDES web form - Please see INDES complete web form (PDF) above
  • Handout 2 INDES descriptors table - Please see INDES descriptors - tabular format above
  • Handout 3 INDES guide to complete SLCN section - Please see INDES guide to complete SLCN section above
  • Handout 4 Shared Example: Polly (PDF, 182 KB)
  • Handout 5 Completed INDES descriptors table shared example: Polly (PDF, 467 KB)
  • Handout 6 Shared example: Jake (PDF, 181 KB)
  • Handout 7 Completed INDES descriptors table shared example: Jake (PDF, 470 KB)
  • Handout 8 PEaSS document: To ensure you have the most up to date version, download the Provision Expected at SEN Support (PEaSS) guidance 
  • Handout 9 PEaSS posters: These are currently not able to be hosted on our website due to accessibility criteria. We are working to address this. For the time being, the posters can be accessed via our Inclusion and SEND Learning Network Sharepoint site. If you do not currently have access to the SharePoint site, request access by emailing: lucie.hobbs@norfolk.gov.uk.