Inclusion pathway (includes Section 19)

The aim of everybody involved in supporting the education of Shropshire’s children and young people is for them to be positively engaged, feel they belong and be included in suitable education.

This means that a pathway for inclusion is needed to enable the right support at the right place, at the right time, especially when significant challenges arise. It's at these times that partnership working with early intervention is essential to help children and young people achieve their full potential, aspirations and goals. This is in line with the SEND and AP strategy which aims to secure excellent outcomes for children and young people, and for Shropshire people to be living their best life.

Inclusion pathway meeting

(Primary shared placements, medical, sixth-day provision and Section 19)

The aim of the pathway meeting is the right support at the right time in the right place. The meeting is held weekly in term time and is led by the lead education officer for inclusion.

Membership includes representatives from the EHCP Team, TMBSS and EAS. It's the process by which sixth-day provision is actioned by the local authority, and also the pathway for schools to access one of the following:

• Primary shared placement at TMBSS
• A medical place at TMBSS or Section 19 support

TMBSS is the service that the local authority commissions to provide support and intervention for pupils where there's a need for a short period of intervention for medical reasons, earlier intervention to support inclusion or sixth-day provision following an exclusion.

The referral form can be found on the Shropshire Learning Gateway.

In the pupil’s best interests, the referral form must be fully completed in order for the school’s request to be considered at the pathway meeting. The triage process will include considering whether there's enough quality information included in the referral. If not a school’s referral might be delayed until the following week while more information is sought, ie a re-submission would be needed.

Section 19 or medical referrals

Our named officer for Section 19 is Jo Smith. If this is a Section 19 or medical referral, please remember to send any supporting evidence to eas@shropshire.gov.uk.

Please ensure the subject line of the email is: Inclusion Pathway Referral Evidence (Initials of Child & DOB)

The process is as follows:

If you'd like the information shown above in a different format please let us know.

If a parent/carer wishes to discuss a request for Section 19 please contact the named Section 19 officer at eas@shropshire.gov.uk.

For further information and detail on all aspects of the Shropshire Inclusion Pathway, including around health needs and EBSA, please refer to the Shropshire’s Inclusion Pathway 2026.