When choosing a childcare setting (this could be a nursery, pre-school or childminder) to best meet the needs of your child with special educational needs and/or a disability (SEND) we recommend you:

  • search our Family Information Directory to find childcare
  • arrange to visit different childcare providers
  • speak to the special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO) to discuss your child's needs; you need to find out what they will do to include your child
  • ask if they have any specialist knowledge, or if they can access training to meet your child's needs
  • read our advice on choosing childcare, including questions to ask

Read Coram's (for early years and childcare) guide to childcare for children with SEND.

Search for childcare

Search our Family Information Directory for childcare. Some childcare providers include information on how they provide for children with SEND: these records are marked with the Local Offer logo.

Family Information Service - Dorset Council

Email: familyinfo@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
Tel: 01305 221066
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