Early Years Resourced Provision

Early Years Resourced Provision

Within Bradford there are a small number of Early Years Resourced Provisions. They provide the following support:

Children with an EHC Plan where the local authority deems a specialist early years placement is appropriate.
Children without an EHC Plan where the LA agree that specialist learning provision in the Early Years may be required and that the needs are at a level where a mainstream early year’s setting would not be able to safely meet their needs even with access to specialist advice and Early Years Inclusion Funding (SENIF). These are called assessment places and last for up to 32 weeks.

Most children with SEN should have their needs met in mainstream early years settings by following a graduated approach. This includes settings being able to access additional resource through SENIF. EYRP places are only for children whose needs or risks cannot be safely managed in a mainstream setting.

Clear processes and protocols have been put in place to enable decision making around placements. The documents below detail the process of support and decision making. Appropriate referral forms are also below.

Documents:

Early Years Resource provision process - May 2026

Bradford Early Years Resource Provision summary - May 2026

Aligning requests for EHC Needs Assessments and EYRP assessment placements - May 2026

Individual Risk Assessment example

Blank Individual Risk Assessment

Early Years Assessment place referral form - May 2026

Early Years Assessment place short referral form - May 2026

The Early Years Resource Provision are in the following settings:

Strong Close Nursery School Strong Close Nursery School - Strong Close Nursery School (strongclosenscc.co.uk

Hirst Wood Nursery School Hirst Wood Nursery School and Children's Centre - Home (hirstwoodnscc.co.uk

Abbey Green Nursery School Abbey Green Nursery School - Abbey Green Nursery School