Ms Jill McCanney:

There would be a period of assessment that would last up to generally the first month of our input. We aim to produce our learning support plan within the first term. Within the first two to three months of working with that child or young person we have a comprehensive learning support plan based on those assessments and observations. The Deputy is right that it is ongoing. Sometimes, some of those assessments may not happen until later and they then feed into that learning support plan. We review the learning support plan at the interim stage, which is halfway through our input, and again at the final report or hand-over stage. The assessment, as the Deputy said, is ongoing. That learning support plan is very much seen as an active, evolving document; it is not static. It is subject to constant review as we learn more about that child’s strengths and skills and where the supports and modifications are needed.