Effective Practice Hub

A checklist for Early Year’s settings to support and enable inclusion and independence for children aged 0-4.

Ideas for developing cutting skills including pre-cutting exercises, activities that require no additional equipment and examples of cutting

Activities to improve skills with play dough to help support development across the foundation stage.  This includes recipes for play dough and play clay.

Top Tips to support pupils in the Early Years ICT Skills.  This includes keyboard and touch typing skills and troubleshooting tips.

Top Tips on technology to support and develop pupils in the Early Years ICT Skills.

Information to consider when completing Risk Assessments including links to relevant websites and professionals to contact.

Training slides on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) providing, key issues to consider, strategies to enable access to the school day and curriculum and further information.

How to create a finger gym and ideas on items to include.  A finger gym can support the development of fine motor skills and can be used to promote social skills if shared with a peer.

Fire safety risk assessment supplementary guide that provides additional information on accessibility and means of escape for disabled people.

How to create a finger gym and ideas on items to include.  A finger gym can support the development of fine motor skills and can be used to promote social skills if shared with a peer.

Information to consider when completing Risk Assessments including links to relevant websites and professionals to contact.

Information regarding the Department for Education guidance to supporting pupils at School with Medical Conditions.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 1.1 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 1.1

A risk assessment that suggests the reasonable adjustments schools should consider to enable a child access to the school and its curriculum.

This resource links to the Early Years pdnet Standards 1.5, 3.1, 3.7, 4.5 and Schools pdnet Standards 1.5, 3.1, 3.6, 4.4

Tops tips for Teachers working with pupils with physical disabilities.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 1.4

Top Tips on technology to support and develop pupils in the Early Years ICT Skills.

This resource links the Early Years and Schools pdnet Standards

A pupil risk assessment form including the assessment of tasks and the pupils ability and levels of independence.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 1.4

A checklist for School settings to support and enable inclusion and independence for children

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 2.1 and 2.4 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 2.1

A Pupil Profile and Advice form to support Physical Disability teams level of intervention.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 2.1 and 3.6 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.6

Guidance on special toileting needs in schools and early years’ settings.

This resource links to Early Years and Schools pdnet Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.6, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5

Supporting Secondary Pupils with Physical Disabilities in P.E

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 2.1 and 3.1

A resource intended to support staff in improving educational outcomes for students who have epilepsy.

This resource links to the Early Years and Schools pdnet Standards 1.4, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.3, 4.5

A checklist to support pupils with a physical disability during their swimming lessons.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 2.4, 3.1 and 4.4 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 4.4

An access pro forma to support pupils with a physical disability at school.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 2.4 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 2.4

Information and advice for schools and settings on manual wheelchairs.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.2 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.2

Information and advice for schools and settings on splints.

 This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.2 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.2

Information and advice for schools and settings on standing frames in school.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.1

Adapted and modified physical education ideas across a range of sports for including children and young people with physical disabilities.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standards 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.4, 3.5

Information and advice for schools and settings on powered wheelchairs in school.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.2 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.2

Practical ideas to support fine motor development.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.2 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.2 

Information and advice for schools and settings on walking aids in school.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.2 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.2

Information and advice for including children and young people with physical disabilities in PE.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.4, 3.5

A risk assessment form for staff to complete when working from a pupils home.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.1 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.1

Information and advice on supporting achievement for pupils with a physical disability in P.E

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.2 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.2

Templates to aid schools supporting pupils with medical conditions.  Templates include an individual healthcare plan, a record of medicine administered and a model letter inviting parents to contribute to individual healthcare plan development.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.2

Information and checklists for planning school trips in the UK and abroad.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 1.5, 3.4, 3.5, 4.4

Top Tips and exercises to develop crossing the midline skills.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.2

Top Tips to support the development of left-handers.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.2

Daily and weekly guidance on using specialist seating in schools or settings.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard

Top Tips and advice on good seating and posture that aids stability and concentration.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.1 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.1

Widget symbols linked to swimming.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard