Assess The Importance Of Provision Mapping In Education

Provision mapping is a practical strategy, usually designed in a table formatting, which provides teachers and management (head of years, head teachers etc.) to see where extra help is being given in the school and to who, what resources are being used and how much the resources cost and any other useful information that is needed, such as the pupil’s data, the amount of time spent on each child during the interventions, and the ratios.
It is considered a very concise way of having information at hand that you can look at in a glance, that is easy to read and understand, it’s also gives you and the local authorities to monitor and evaluate the data, and it will also help you to plan provision across the board.
Provision mapping should have
Provision maps are also useful to have for anyone who is coming in to the school that is not in the school network, such as OFSTED and parents, how the available resources are being used and how effectively it is being used.
How provision mapping helps the individual pupil
Provision mapping also helps teachers plan interventions for the pupils, bearing in mind the pupils requirements will change as they make progress. The maps will record any changes in the provision that is being given, and because the provision map is shared around the school it means that the pupil transfers smoothly from one class to the next or from year to year, and from primary school to high school or if they change schools.
If the pupil needs an individual plan like a four plus one, then the provision map will help them fill in this form as well.
By using provision maps in this way, they become effective tools for structuring and planning a pupil’s future interventions, establishing where there is further need, and monitoring and reviewing all the practical aspects of provision of interventions within a