Holidays Are Fun annual report 2025 to 2026
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) activities
Holidays Are Fun (HAF) providers in Stockton-on-Tees work hard to be inclusive and to support the needs of all children. Providers will often make reasonable adaptations to their delivery to ensure inclusion, and there have been occasions where additional staffing has been funded to support children in line with the requirements set out in their Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
While there remains a shortage of specialist SEND provision within the Borough, the HAF team has worked closely with a small number of providers to offer targeted SEND sessions alongside their mainstream provision. This approach has helped to increase the availability of inclusive activities for children and young people with SEND.
In summer 2024, 190 specialist SEND places were available through the HAF programme. This was increased to 872 places in summer 2025, reflecting the continued development of the Borough's SEND offer and our commitment to improving access for children and young people with additional needs.
