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Report: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision (SEND & AP) Strategy

Presented by: Cllr Oscar Ford, Cabinet Member for Children & Young People

Summary:

This is a wide ranging strategy outlining a wide and varied range of services across education, health and social care. Some of the proposed actions, while not yet specified, will require additional investment, without which they will not be fulfilled and consequently there will be no improvement in outcomes / performance. This would include failure to comply with statutory obligations.

The Local Area Partnership, comprising education, health and social care services, working with families, educational settings, and voluntary / third sector, has a range of responsibilities in regard to the delivery of services to children and young people with SEND and in AP, and is evaluated by Ofsted in regard to outcomes and experiences for children and young people with SEND.

In reference to the framework used to evaluate the local area, this strategy sets out the partnership’s programme for the next five years to improve the lives of Havering families with SEND, organised around six priorities which together represent the vision for Havering’s SEND and AP system.

Please note that the strategy will be made available publicly, and so the primary audience for the document is Havering families. This is reflected in the language, tone, and level of detail included.

Cabinet:

1.     Agreed the SEND & AP Strategy.