What is Ordinarily Available Provision (OAP)?

Ordinarily Available Provision is a framework established by Surrey County Council to support children and young people with additional needs within mainstream educational settings. It encompasses a range of strategies and resources that schools are expected to implement without requiring an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).

You can find Surrey’s Ordinarily Available Provision document here:  Ordinarily available provision schools' guide

What support you can expect at The Raleigh without an EHCP

All schools in Surrey are expected to provide a range of support for pupils with additional needs as part of day-to-day teaching.
At The Raleigh, this includes:

High-Quality, Inclusive Teaching

• Adaptive teaching tailored to individual learning needs
• Visual supports, scaffolding, modelling, and structured routines
• Clear expectations and consistent behaviour strategies
• Differentiated activities to ensure access for all learners

Classroom-Based Support

• Small group or 1:1 support for specific learning needs
• Check-in systems to support wellbeing
• Access to sensory circuits, movement opportunities or quiet spaces

Targeted Interventions

These may include (but are not limited to):

• Phonics interventions
• Speech, language and communication support
• Lego Therapy to support social skills
• ELSA sessions
• Fine/gross motor skill development
• Attention Bucket
• Lexia
• Power of 2

Working With Specialists

Where needed, we work with external professionals such as:

• STIPS (Specialist Teachers for Inclusive practice)
• Speech and Language Therapists
• Educational Psychologists
• Occupational Therapists
• Mindworks Surrey

The Graduated Approach refers to the system of SEN support within mainstream settings. It is the system by which schools should assess the needs of children and young people and then provide appropriate support.

The system should follow four stages, often referred to as a ‘cycle’: Assess, Plan, Do, Review.

This cycle should not be considered a single process.  It provides a continuous cycle of assessment as children’s strengths and needs develop and change.

The four-stage approach is as follows:

• Assess: The class teacher or subject teacher (working with the SENCO) is responsible for carrying out a clear analysis of a pupil’s needs, drawing on teacher assessments and experience of the pupil.
• Plan: Where it is decided to provide a pupil with SEN Support, the parents must be notified. All teachers and support staff who work with a pupil should be made aware of their needs, the outcomes sought, the support provided and any teaching strategies that are required.
• Do: The planned interventions should then be put into place. The class or subject teacher should work closely with any teaching assistants or specialist staff involved and the SENCO should support the class or subject teacher.
• Review: Reviews should take place and inform feed back into the analysis of the child’s needs. The Code of Practice suggests schools should meet with parents three times a year. Good practice would indicate that such reviews will be at least termly. The decision to involve specialists can be taken at any time and should always involve parents

If, despite support being provided in this way, a child or young person is not making expected progress, and requires more support than the notional SEND budgets within the school, then an EHCP may be required.

The school and parents or young person are able to make the request for an EHC needs assessment.

About SEND Advice Surrey | SEND Advice Surrey

We work in partnership with Surrey County Council to ensure families can easily access help, guidance and support. The following services are available to parents and carers:

Surrey SEND Advice (formerly SSENS / SENDIASS)

An impartial, confidential service offering support with:

• Understanding SEND processes
• Preparing for meetings
• Navigating EHCP applications
• Understanding rights and responsibilities

Local Offer

Surrey’s online directory of services available for children and young people with SEND, including:

• Specialist services
• Activities and clubs
• Educational support
• Health and therapy services
• Short breaks and family support

Additional Local Support

We signpost families to:

• Parent support groups
• Emotional wellbeing services
• Local charities and advocacy organisations
• Early help and family resilience services

Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans are for children and young people with special educational needs and/ or disabilities (SEND), who need more support than mainstream early years settings, schools and colleges can normally provide.

An EHC plan is a legal document that describes the child or young person's special educational, health and social care needs, and describes what support they will be given to meet those needs.

Before an Education Health and Care (EHC) plan is issued, the local authority, Surrey County Council (SCC) will carry out an EHC needs assessment. This is to find out what support a child or young person needs, and whether they require an EHC plan to get the right level of support.

Most children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities do not need an EHC plan. Their needs can be met by support in mainstream early years settings, schools and colleges.

The SEND Information Report 2025 is available under Policies. The 2026 report will be published here in due course.