ISEND Front Door referrals
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Please visit this page EVERY time you want to make a referral to ensure you are using the latest referral form.
New mandatory evidence
From 5 November 2018 all ISEND Front Door referrals must include the following mandatory evidence, regardless of the school's concerns or desired outcome of the referral:
- Additional Needs Plan (Assess, Plan, Do, Review page as a minimum) and/or Individual Health Care Plan
- Up to date attendance registration certificate
- Pupil voice (or an explanation as to why it was not possible to obtain pupil voice)
The Inclusion Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (ISEND) Front Door is the pathway through which schools and education providers can request support for children and young people with additional and/or special educational needs and disabilities.
This should be seen as the single point of contact for schools to
- access any non-traded or core work for children who are not already open cases to the service
- request statutory assessment.
Read the ISEND Front Door Service Summary Booklet
Read ISEND's full Front Door guidanceFront Door referral forms
There are three versions of the Front Door referral form covering the different stages of education.
Early Years information gathering form
Primary information gathering form (Reception to Year 6)
Secondary information gathering form (Year 7 to Year 11+)
This factsheet should be shared with the family.
How to submit
You can save the form to your computer (using the 'save as' feature) and complete it as needed over time. You can then email the completed form to the ISEND Front Door email (ISENDfrontdoor@eastsussex.gov.uk) along with any additional information and/or documents using secure email.