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Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Education

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Evaluation of virtual school heads (VSHs)
Document: (PDF)

Found: Educational Needs Coordinator SEND Special Educational Needs and Disabilities SW Social Worker

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Education

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Evaluation of virtual school heads (VSHs)
Document: (PDF)

Found: Educational Needs and Disabilities SENDCo Special Educational Needs Coordinator SLT Senior Leadership

Select Committee
Local Government Association
 DES0008 - Devolution of employment support

Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024

Inquiry: Devolution of employment support
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: community learning, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) support, devolved/discretionary

Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department for Education

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: ITT core content framework and early career framework: call for evidence
Document: The evidence base underpinning the initial teacher training and early career framework: government response to call for evidence (PDF)

Found: ITT core content framework and early career framework: call for evidence

Written Question
Special Educational Needs
Thursday 25th April 2024

Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she takes to ensure that local authorities (a) adequately capture the needs of SEND children and (b) provide a local offer that adequately meets levels of demand for those needs.

Answered by David Johnston - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The Children and Families Act 2014 requires all local authorities to publish a local offer of services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in their area. This helps families to be aware of services available in their area and provides a way for them to contribute to shaping provision to meet local needs.

As set out in the SEND Code of Practice, local authorities must consult children and young people with SEND and their parents and carers, in reviewing educational and training provision, social care provision and in preparing and reviewing the Local Offer.

In the SEND and alternative provision (AP) Improvement Plan, published in March 2023, the department has set out plans to build a consistent national SEND and AP system in which parents and carers can trust and have confidence, and which can be navigated easily.

Through the Change Programme, the department is testing Local Area Inclusion Plans (LAIPs). These are 3 year plans that explain how the needs of children and young people with SEND aged 0 to 25 in an area will be met. LAIPs will be monitored and reviewed by the department and be underpinned by strengthened accountabilities and improved use of data for all those responsible for local delivery of places.

Ofsted and Care Quality Commission also commenced a strengthened local inspection framework in January 2023. Where local authorities are failing, the department works with them using a range of improvement programmes and SEND specialist advisers to address weaknesses.  Inspections under the new framework place greater emphasis on the outcomes that are being achieved for children and young people with SEND.

Select Committee
NIHR ARC West
 PRT0056 - Preterm Birth

Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024

Inquiry: Preterm Birth
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Preterm Birth Committee

Found: with special education and care needs.

Select Committee
British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM)
 PRT0042 - Preterm Birth

Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024

Inquiry: Preterm Birth
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Preterm Birth Committee

Found: The methodology of both PReCePT and PERIPrem seems to be effective15 and was reviewed and commended

Select Committee
University of Leicester, and University College London
 PRT0018 - Preterm Birth

Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024

Inquiry: Preterm Birth
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Preterm Birth Committee

Found: PRT0018 - Preterm Birth University of Leicester, and University College London Written Evidence

Select Committee
Spoons Charity
 PRT0021 - Preterm Birth

Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024

Inquiry: Preterm Birth
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Preterm Birth Committee

Found: Parents often feel universal baby groups don’t meet their needs and they can struggle to relate to

National Audit Office
Childcare and children’s services - Apr. 24 2024
Report - Preparations to extend early years entitlement for working parents in England (PDF)

Found: of places, workforce needs and, since January 2024, monitor take-up.