The SEND Code of Practice describes the principles used by professionals working with children and young people who have SEND.
These include:
- taking into account the views of children, young people and their families
- enabling children, young people and their parents to take part in decision making
- collaborating with partners in education, health and social care to provide support
- identifying the needs of children and young people early
- making high quality provision to meet the needs of children and young people
- focusing on inclusive practices and removing barriers to learning
- helping children and young people to prepare for adulthood
Special Educational Needs and Disability Strategy
Our Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Strategy aims to:
- have high aspirations for all children and young people
- narrow the achievement gap between those with SEND and their peers
- include most children/young people in their local early years settings. schools and colleges
The partners we developed this strategy with are:
- services from the Together for Families Directorate
- health commissioners and providers
- mainstream and specialist schools and settings
- parents / carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and / or Disabilities
The strategy sets out our partnership priorities relating to SEND.
It includes children and young people where their disability has an impact on their education. These children have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Following our Local Area Inspection of SEND in February 2023 we have reviewed our SEND strategy.
Download our Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Strategy
Download our SEND Transformation Plan
We must ensure that our post-inspection improvement plans and revised strategy are signed off and approved across the partnership. We will publish links to the reports throughout the process below:
- Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee - 24 May 2023
- Cabinet - 14 June 2023
We are also developing a new SEND strategy that will be co-produced. This includes engagement with children, young people and their families. As well as our partner organisations. Information on how and when parents/carers can get involved will be included in our SEND newsletters. Partner organisations will receive these through existing channels.
