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Finding the right course
Finding the right course Finding the right course at the right level for learners with SEND is often confusing. The first thing you will need to consider is the “level” of course the young person is looking for. This table gives you a guide to…DfE/DHSC Ministerial Letter to children and young people with SEND, their families and those who support them
September 2020 Please see the joint open ministerial letter from Vicky Ford MP, Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State for Children and Families, and Helen Whately MP, Minister of State for Care, to children and young people, their families and those who support them. Click here to…Life in Lockdown - interviews with young people
Over the summer of 2020 we worked with the team at the Engagement Hub to chat to some young people with SEND about how they’d found lockdown. You can find out what they told us by clicking the tabs below. If you are a young…Life in Lockdown - interviews with parent carers
When Britain locked down in March 2020, life as we knew it took a strange and new turn. We wanted to know how families of children with SEND were finding things, so between April and June 2020 we asked any parent carers who wanted to,…Delay in SEND Strategy Launch
Dear Parent, Carers and Families As you may be aware, an Independent Review of aspects of Suffolk’s SEND Services has been commissioned by Suffolk County Council. The Review started on 21/6/21 and will be completed within six weeks. A final report on the SEND Review…Could you help us improve SEND Services in Suffolk?
We believe that the best outcomes for children and young people with SEND occur when young people, parents/carers and professionals work together to jointly design, commission and review services, recognising each other’s experience, expertise and knowledge. Following the closure of the Suffolk Parent Carer Network,…Open letter to Parents and Carers from Will Quince and SEND review Steering Group
Will Quince, the newly appointed Minister for Children and Families, has written an open letter to parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), their families and those who support them. In the letter, he sets out his…Institutions Approved Under Section 41
Under the new Code of Practice, we must publish the list of independent special institutions (Independent Special Schools - England and Wales and Special Post-16 Institutions) approved by the Secretary of State under Section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014. See the published…Schools contribution to the Local Offer
All schools or settings will need to develop and publish a tailored Local Offer in partnership with parent/carers. Transparency, accessibility and appropriate confidentiality are of paramount importance both in collection and sharing of information. A school’s Local Offer needs to address what will be: a universal offer, targeted support and specialised support. The…Transforming Care
The Transforming Care Programme was established to achieve a transformational change and redress the health and care inequalities for the 1.2 million people in England with a learning disability. Transforming care for people with learning disabilities is now one of NHS England’s clinical corporate priorities…