Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) Mainstream Funding Cluster Model Process digital referral forms

Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) Mainstream Cluster Funding Pilot referral summary

Any referrals to the Cluster will need to be sent at least one week in advance of the meeting via Anycomms to the Special Educational Needs (SEN) team marked as "SEND Cluster Pilot". The table below summarises the paperwork needed to support the referral and how the funding will be managed if the request is successful:

Type of referral	Referral paperwork	Funding arrangements
Solution focused discussion	Completed Southampton City Council Profile of Need (PON) and additional supporting paperwork, for example, individual plans, provision maps, and any additional reports, if necessary	Not applicable
Individual funding request	Completed Southampton City Council PON and additional supporting paperwork for example individual plans, provision maps, and any additional reports, if necessary Completed Southampton City Council Costed Provision Map (CPM)	Funding divided in equal amounts over the number of terms requested
Group funding request	Partially completed Southampton City Council PON detailing individual pupils details, diagnosis, summary of support request, and parental permission for each pupil. The PON needs section does not need to be completed Completed Southampton City Council CPM	Funding divided in equal amounts over the number of terms requested
Project based funding request	Completed Southampton City Council CPM. Complete only the relevant sections, detailing the outline of the project, the funding needed, and so on	Project funding given in total as one sum If this is a collaborative bid, project funding will be given to the lead school

Costed provision map

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Profile of need (PON) form

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