Inclusion Funding Audits

Early Years Inclusion Supplement Funding Audits

Audits are carried out to ensure all funded settings in Worcestershire:

• follow the SEND Code of Practice 2015 and Equality Act 2010
• enable families to access their free entitlement

Evidence requirements

All providers must be able to show the level of provision and/or need for children during NEF and Inclusion Team visits. Evidence can include:

• individual Support Plans (ISPs)
• individual Education Plans (IEPs)
• provision maps
• developmental checks

Using the funding

• providers decide how the funding is spent (e.g., staffing, resources, SENCO non-contact time)
• the Council will monitor the impact of support on children
• if no clear impact is shown, the Council may request evidence of spending and could withhold or recover funding

Tips for providers

• good provision mapping and tracking outcomes of interventions ensures evidence is ready
• providers do not need to upload evidence each term
• monitoring visits happen each term, either randomly or on request by professionals or parents