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SEND Strategy 2012-2016

SEND Strategy 2012-2016. Adrian Loades Executive Director, Children and Young People’s Services and Adult Social Care. Current Context. In 2012, 19.3% of all Cambridgeshire pupils were identified as having SEND.

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SEND Strategy 2012-2016

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  1. SEND Strategy 2012-2016 Adrian Loades Executive Director, Children and Young People’s Services and Adult Social Care

  2. Current Context • In 2012, 19.3% of all Cambridgeshire pupils were identified as having SEND. • Changing SEND landscape as a result of wide-ranging Government reforms, including proposed changes to legislation • Demographic pressures on our services, against a background of a reduction in funding.

  3. What is the SEND Strategy? The Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Strategy is a four-year plan to improve outcomes for children and young people aged 0-25 years with SEND and their families.

  4. SEND Strategy Priorities • Improve outcomes for children, young people and families • Collaboration with children and young people with SEND and their families • Ensure quality of provision and services Underpinned by excellent communication

  5. Progress and key achievements • Created a new, more accessible SEND area of the website for children and young people with SEND and their families • Re-launched Early Support, a multi-agency integrated approach, for families with young disabled children aged 0-5 years old delivered through a single plan • Created Children’s Centre specialist hubs for disabled children and their families, providing information and services for families until their child is 11 years old. • 50 + schools taking part in Achievement for All to improve progress and attainment of children with SEND • Published Dyslexia Guidance for schools, settings and professionals

  6. Progress and key achievements Other areas currently being developed: • Behaviour guidance for schools and settings • Care pathways for children and young people with complex and life long needs requiring multi-agency services • A toolkit and training offer to support schools and settings adopt a restorative approach to behaviour management • Promote a SEND self evaluation tool to help schools develop effective SEND practices

  7. And… • Launch of Social Care Units for children with disability • Ofsted inspection of child protection arrangements • Improving transition arrangements

  8. Future challenges • SEND legislative reforms • Single Education, Health and Care plan for children and young people aged 0-25 • Schools funding reforms, including changes to SEND funding • … In the context of a reduction in local authority funding

  9. What next? • Publish our ‘local offer’ of services • Implement the single education, health and care plan (EHCP) • Improve choice for parents and carers through personalised packages of support

  10. Future ways of working • Have to consider different ways of working, which needs the engagement of parents and carers • Parents and carers to be have increased opportunities to participate in the development, delivery and evaluation of services and provision • Annually report on progress and outcomes from SEND Action Plan, including updates on SEND data • Regular termly pinpoint meetings

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