Early Language Support for Every Child (ELSEC)
ELSEC is part of the SEND and AP Change Programme. It's a DfE pilot project to consider how targeted speech and language support at an early age can improve outcomes for children and young people. The project is a collaboration between children, their parents and professionals and is led by an ELSEC team made up of both health and education colleagues. The DfE will collect data from the project until April 2026, although funding is in place in Shopshire to continue to work with schools and nurseries until July 2026. The schools and nurseries involved in the project are as follows:
Wave 1
- Chatterbox Nursery
- Christ Church CE Primary School
- Coleham Primary School
- Footsteps Nursery
- Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy
- Holy Trinity Nursery
- Longlands Primary School
- Ludlow Primary School
- Mount Lane Nursery
- Mount Pleasant Primary School
- Mulberry Bush Nursery
- Nescliffe House Nursery
- Whitchurch Infant School
- Wilfred Owen Primary School
Wave 2 (from September 2025)
- Bowbrook Primary School
- Daisy Chain Nursery, Mytton Oak
- Farm Friends Nursery
- Grange Primary School
- Greenacres Primary School
- Gobowen Primary School
- Highley Primary School
- Kids Zone Nursery, Oswestry
- Market Drayton Infant School
- Meole Brace Primary School
- Morda Primary School
- Much Wenlock Primary School
- St. Peter’s CE Primary School, Wem
- Sundorne Infant school
Further information can be found in the ELSEC newsletter.