Lincolnshire's Inclusion Strategy

Our SEMH strategy sets out our aims and strategic direction over the next three years (2023-26) to ensure that children and young people in Lincolnshire are supported in their school settings to enjoy good mental health and wellbeing.  The strategy details what SEMH is, its impact within the national and local context and clarity regarding a shared concept and definition of what we mean by inclusive education in Lincolnshire.    

Implementation of the strategy is broken down into five elements that cover: 

• review of alternative provision in Lincolnshire: schools will effectively implement Lincolnshire’s ladder of behavioral intervention and work closely with available services to meet children and young people’s SEMH needs.  The support provided by alternative provision will be fully reviewed to maximise positive impact 
• development of Emotional Based School Avoidance (EBSA) pathway: schools will review and adapt their policies and practice to deliver a long-term focus on supporting this area of need through a wide range of available tools, which will be reviewed and developed
• embed and develop training and support offer: schools will work with available support services to further develop and embed meaningful and robust inclusive practice, working together to enable children and young people to stay in their local mainstream school wherever possible  
• transitions: schools will play an active lead role in supporting planned moves, within their school and also between school settings, through relationship-building, involving families and focusing on children and young people feeling safe and secure within their school.  What is working best in our mainstream settings will be reviewed and good practice rolled out and developed wider
• provision used as a continuum of support: Lincolnshire’s Local Offer provides information around what support and provision is available to enable children and young people to access inclusive education.  The range of tools, such as VSEND and Lincolnshire’s inclusion toolkit, will be developed and widened to include a transition toolkit and an inclusion audit tool