⚑ SEND: something noticed about a child

You have noticed something and you want somebody to know. That is the whole purpose of this form. It goes to the SENCo and your manager, and it is written down with today’s date on it.

Raising something is not the same as deciding what it means. Nobody is being referred, labelled or diagnosed by you filling this in. The next step is a conversation.

Which child

First name and the first letter of their surname is enough. We do not need their full record here.

Child’s first name

Surname initial optional

Site

Room or area

Roughly how old are they? optional — age matters more than date of birth here

What you have noticed

Write what you have actually seen or heard, not what you think it means. The seeing is your job and it is the part nobody else can do.

What have you noticed?

How long have you been noticing it? the most useful thing on this form

What have you already tried? optional

The family

You do not have to have spoken to them. If you have not, say so — that is often the right answer and the SENCo will decide who speaks to them and when.

Do the family know you have noticed this?

If you have spoken to them, what did they say? optional

What happens to this. It is saved with your name, the date and the child’s first name and initial. The SENCo and your manager get a notice on their Staff Hub, and the detail goes to the nursery’s own @justlittlekidz.co.uk mailbox — never to anybody’s personal email. Your name is on it on purpose — the SENCo will usually come back to you, because you are the one who saw it. Only the SENCo and managers can read the list. It is not posted to Discord and it does not go to the whole team.

If a child is at risk of harm, this is the wrong form. That is a safeguarding concern and goes straight to the Designated Safeguarding Lead, now, in person.

⚑ SEND: something noticed about a child

Which child

What you have noticed

The family

✅ Sent