Please click here to view Together for Children’s Ordinarily Available Offer.
We want every child and young person in Sunderland, to be included in their setting and community, with education support tailored to their unique learning needs so that they can learn, grow, and achieve.
The right support at the right time is essential to achieving the best outcomes for our children and young people with SEND. Quality first teaching, building strong relationships with families and
a consistent approach to evaluating intervention are all important elements of providing inclusive education.
Sunderland’s Ordinarily Available Offer (OAO) defines the expected high-quality provision to be available within all settings across the local area, ensuring inclusive practice that supports and enables our children
and young people to learn, grow and achieve.
It describes a wide range of activities, opportunities and approaches that are offered as basic good practice to meet a range of additional needs without the need for formal diagnosis or specialist support.
This document cannot describe every intervention or strategy but indicates the type of arrangement that should be typically available.
Ordinarily Available Offer is not about treating everyone the same, but it is about making adaptations and small changes, so all children get the same opportunities.
Every setting is required to identify and address the differing needs of learners, this guidance provides both explicit expectations and support strategies for leaders, SENCO’s and staff within settings.
Settings should use the guidance alongside their legal duties and national guidance to ensure that they are providing the right support for CYP with SEND.
Please click here to view Willow Wood Primary School’s Ordinarily Available Offer.
At Willow Wood Community Primary School, our Ordinarily Available Offer (OAO) sets out our commitment to ensuring that every child feels they belong, is treated with respect, and experiences kindness in all aspects of school life. These core values sit at the heart of our inclusive ethos, where we welcome all pupils and their families into a warm, nurturing and purposeful environment. Our school’s culture celebrates the uniqueness of every child and recognises that all pupils have the potential to flourish academically, socially and emotionally when they feel safe, valued and supported.
Our intent is to ensure that the provision we make for our pupils reflects not only the expectations outlined in Sunderland’s Ordinarily Available Offer, but also the distinctive character, priorities and strengths of our school community. We are committed to providing an enriching education where pupils are inspired, challenged and empowered to achieve their very best. Our shared values – Inspire, Believe, Challenge and Achieve – guide our approach in designing an OAO that supports high aspiration, a culture of achievement, and a belief that every child will succeed.
We recognise that no two schools are the same, and our bespoke OAO outlines how we put inclusive principles into practice in ways that reflect the needs, experiences and strengths of the Willow Wood community. Our provision is rooted in strong relationships with families, quality first teaching, and a learning environment where pupils are happy, supported and encouraged to develop lifelong learning skills. We take pride in fostering a community where all voices are heard, all pupils are encouraged to take responsibility for their learning, and all staff work collaboratively to meet individual needs effectively.
Our intent is that this document provides clarity for pupils, families, staff and external partners about what inclusion looks like at Willow Wood; how we identify needs early, how we adapt teaching and provision, and how we create positive, supportive environments where every learner can thrive. By aligning our school-specific offer with the city-wide OAO, we aim to ensure consistency, equity of access, and the ‘right support at the right time’, while remaining responsive to the individuality of our pupils, our curriculum and our community.
Ultimately, our OAO exists because every child matters at Willow Wood. It reflects our dedication to creating a school where pupils are happy, safe, confident and equipped to make positive choices, now and for their future.