SEND

Special Educational Needs or Disabilities

Government policy for the provision made available to children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities came into force on 1st September 2014.

This policy required Local Authorities to work hand in hand with education, medical and social care together with young people, parents and carers in order to review and provide a clear and transparent guide to the services that are available. Guidance was agreed and is known as the ‘Local Offer‘.

'Local Offer'

Local authorities have a statutory duty to develop and publish a Local Offer, setting out in one place information about the support they expect to be available in their area across education, health and social care for children and young people in their area who have SEN or are disabled, including those who do not have Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans.

The Local Offer has two key purposes:

• To provide clear, comprehensive, accessible and up-to-date information about the available provision and how to access it, and
• To make provision more responsive to local needs and aspirations by directly
  involving disabled children and those with SEN and their parents, and disabled
  young people and those with SEN, and service providers in its development and
  review

Local authorities and their partner bodies and agencies, including schools, must co-operate with each other in the development and review of the Local Offer. This is essential so that the Local Offer provides a comprehensive, transparent and accessible picture of the range of services available.’

Schools: guide to the 0 to 25 SEND code of practice, DfE, September 2014, p.8

For more information on the background and details of these changes, please read the following documents:

(disclaimer: We have no control over the content of external websites.)

The Leicestershire Local Authority have a bespoke area on their website that provides information in relation to their ‘Local Offer‘. 

The following documents provide information in regards to what we are able to offer.

If you would like to discuss our school's offer or an aspect of our SEND provision then please arrange an appointment to speak with our SEND Coordinator: Mrs Jessica Cross, by contacting the school office by telephone (01455 553135) or by email at johnwycliffe@ipat.uk