Global Assessment Services

Our Unique Approach to Comprehensive SEND/ALN Assessment

At the heart of our service is a commitment to delivering thorough, holistic assessments across all four broad areas of need: Cognition and Learning; Communication and Interaction; Social, Emotional and Mental Health; and Sensory and Physical needs. This comprehensive approach ensures no aspect of a child’s profile is overlooked, providing a complete understanding of their strengths and challenges.

Our assessments are fully aligned with the latest SEND/ALN legislation, regulations, and statutory guidance, ensuring compliance with legal frameworks such as the Children and Families Act 2014, the SEN Code of Practice, and ALN (Wales) Act requirements. This legal compliance is critical in supporting families and schools through the graduated response model, as well as in Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments (EHCNA) and Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP) processes.

We play a pivotal role within the graduated response by delivering high-quality evidence that informs decision-making and provision planning. Our assessments not only identify needs clearly but also offer legally robust, psychometrically sound recommendations tailored to enable meaningful progress and development. We combine standardized psychometric measures with informal assessment methods and observational data to capture a nuanced, real-world picture of the child’s functioning.

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Central to our approach is gathering rich, multi-informant information from a diverse range of sources, including school staff, parents, and crucially, the child’s own voice. This ensures that every perspective shapes the assessment, making recommendations truly person-centred and practical. Our inclusion of a dedicated parent advisor and a multidisciplinary team of practitioners—encompassing educational psychologists, speech and language therapists, and specialist educators—ensures that assessments are thorough, sensitive, and contextually relevant.

Our assessments are also designed to support onward referrals and multi-agency collaboration, providing clear, actionable evidence to local authorities, CAMHS, health services, and social care teams when specialist involvement is needed.

By choosing our service, families and professionals gain a cost-effective, efficient, and legally compliant pathway to understanding the child’s needs in full, ensuring that educational provision is precisely matched to support ongoing development, participation, attainment, and independence. This holistic assessment process is integral to paving the way for positive outcomes on the pathway to adulthood.

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