SEN provision mapping

Evidence how you meet the needs of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and additional needs. Download our template provision maps to help you measure the impact of your interventions and calculate their cost.

Last reviewed on 7 March 2025See updates
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Contents
  1. Why use a provision map?
  2. Who should use a provision map?
  3. Create your own provision map
  4. Work out how much your provision costs
  5. How to review and develop your provision map
  6. Examples from local authorities

You are not required to use provision maps, but they can be an efficient way to show all the extra provision your school uses with different groups of pupils and "can provide a basis for monitoring levels of intervention". This is set out in paragraphs 6.76 and 6.77 of the SEND Code of Practice.

Why use a provision map?

Think of your special educational needs (SEN) provision map as a tool that can help you:

  • Develop provision that meets the needs of your pupils
  • Evaluate the impact of your provision on pupil progress
  • Identify patterns of need and areas for staff development
  • Decide which interventions are worth carrying out (whether the time and resource invested are worth the outcome) 

It does this by showing you, at a glance:

  • What interventions are taking place in your school
  • The evidence base you have for running those interventions
  • The time and resource invested in an intervention
  • How effective those interventions are