The child’s health Level 1 Level 2 The child has a mild physical Level 3 The child has a physical or Level 4 The child has a complex or mental health condition or mental health condition or disability physical or mental health condition The is healthy and does not have a physical or mental health disability which affects their which significantly affects their or disability which is having an everyday functioning but can be everyday functioning and access to adverse impact on their physical, condition or disability managed in mainstream schools. education. Child may have SEN emotional or mental health and Child may be on school action or statement. access to education. action plus/SEN statement Child in hospital. The child is healthy, and has access The child rarely accesses There is no evidence that the child The has complex health to and makes use of appropriate health and health has accessed health and health problems which are attributable to health and health advice services. advice services, missing advice services and suffers chronic the lack of access to health services. immunisations. and recurrent health problems as a result. The child undertakes regular The child undertakes no physical The child undertakes no physical Despite support, the physical activities and has a healthy activity, and/ or has an unhealthy activity and has a diet which undertakes no physical activity and diet. diet which is impacting on their seriously impacts on their health has a diet which is adversely health. despite intensive support from early affecting their health and causing help services. significant harm. The child has no history of The child is known to be using drugs The child’s substance misuse The child’s substance misuse substance misuse or dependency. and alcohol frequently with dependency is affecting their dependency is putting the child at occasional impact on their social mental and physical health and such risk that intensive specialist wellbeing social wellbeing. resources are required. Indicators of Need Matrix [Levels 1 - 4] The emotional wellbeing Level 1 Level 2 The child is at risk of Level 3 The child is becoming Level 4 The child frequently exhibits The child engages in age becoming involved in negative involved in negative behaviour/ negative behaviour or activities that appropriate activities and displays behaviour/ activities - for example activities, for example, non-school place self or others at imminent risk age appropriate behaviours.
The child’s health Level 1 The is healthy and does not have a physical or mental health condition or disability Level 2 The child has a mild physical or mental health condition or disability which affects their everyday functioning but can be managed in mainstream schools. Child may be on school action or action plus/SEN statement Child in hospital. Level 3 The child has a physical or mental health condition or disability which significantly affects their everyday functioning and access to education. Child may have SEN statement. Level 4 The child has a complex physical or mental health condition or disability which is having an adverse impact on their physical, emotional or mental health and access to education. The child is healthy, and has access to and makes use of health and health advice services. The child rarely accesses appropriate health and health advice services, missing immunisations. There is no evidence that the child has accessed health and health advice services and suffers chronic and recurrent health problems as a result. The has complex health problems which are attributable to the lack of access to health services. The child undertakes regular physical activities and has a healthy diet. The child undertakes no physical activity, and/ or has an unhealthy diet which is impacting on their health. The child undertakes no physical activity and has a diet which seriously impacts on their health despite intensive support from early help services. Despite support, the undertakes no physical activity and has a diet which is adversely affecting their health and causing significant harm. The child has no history of substance misuse or dependency. The child is known to be using drugs and alcohol frequently with occasional impact on their social wellbeing The child’s substance misuse dependency is affecting their mental and physical health and social wellbeing. The child’s substance misuse dependency is putting the child at such risk that intensive specialist resources are required. Indicators of Need Matrix [Levels 1 - 4] The emotional wellbeing Level 1 The child engages in age appropriate activities and displays age appropriate behaviours. Level 2 The child is at risk of becoming involved in negative behaviour/ activities - for example Level 3 The child is becoming involved in negative behaviour/ activities, for example, non-school Level 4 The child frequently exhibits negative behaviour or activities that place self or others at imminent risk