The Criteria for Special provision (CRISP) is a process for matching descriptions of a pupil’s needs with descriptions of special educational provision and other arrangements.

• CRISP is intended to promote common standards for all children, and to ensure equity and fairness.
  
  

• A CRISP assessment describes your child’s needs in a personal profile, which can be used to compare those needs with the range of special needs for which the LEA makes provision.
  
  
• CRISP provides a clear framework for assessing and recording pupil’s special needs, and can help you to understand the provision that has been made by the school and other agencies.
  
  
  
• Parents and teachers can use CRISP to share information, and to ensure that teaching strategies and plans are appropriate to the learning difficulties of children.
  
  
• All schools in Birmingham have copies of the CRISP booklet. Alternatively, the criteria can be viewed on the Education Service website: www.bgfl.org/crisp