Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision Strategy Refresh
Staffordshire currently has a joint strategy for Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The strategy is joint between Staffordshire County Council and the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB).
The strategy sets out priorities to improve outcomes and experiences for children and young people with SEND and their families and is due to be refreshed for the next 5 years.
It’s important that those affected by the strategy have the opportunity to shape it. We’re listening to children, young people, parents, carers and professionals. Their feedback will be used to develop the strategy for the years ahead.
There are three ways people can get involved:
Survey for children and young people
Attend a community conversation
Post an online note
All feedback will help to develop a strategy that builds on progress already made and sets out Staffordshire’s local response to national policy and funding challenges.
Survey for children and young people
The voice of children and young people in Staffordshire will be at the heart of the new strategy.
A survey will be open from 2 June until 4 July to give children and young people chance to share their thoughts and ideas about how support for those with SEND can be improved.
We’re working with schools and colleges and encouraging as many children and young people as possible to take part. Their views will shape a strategy that reflects their needs and experiences. The online version can be completed in the links below.
Community conversations
Parents and carers of children with SEND, and professionals working with children are invited to attend a community conversation event about SEND and Alternative Provision in Staffordshire.
Four events are taking place in June to bring people together and explore what is working well and priorities for the future.
At the events, we’ll be using a coproduction game, called ‘Whose Shoes?’ to explore different perspectives, share experiences, and identify solutions and best practice.
Feedback from the sessions will be used to create the new strategy.
We welcome all stakeholders across the local area partnership, including:
- parents and carers
- young people aged 16 years and over with lived experience
- professionals from health, education, and social care
You can book your place at one of the in-person events using the links below.
Digital post it note
You can share your experiences, thoughts and ideas using our digital post it note.
Posts can be made anonymously.
'Post-it note'
Schools are forced to take students even when they are unable to meet needs, which in turn sets up the young people to fail.
EHCP’s not updated in a timely manner by the LA, if at all.
Little communication from SEND key workers, leaving SENCos to deal with unhappy parents
Not enough school funding for the level of needs within school
Communication needs improving. We've just waited 8 weeks for an emergency EHCP review decision with constant chasing. Whilst I understand the service is stretched, keeping people up to date is key to maintaining the relationship between the service and parents / guardians
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