13 SEND Improvement Journey
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Minutes:
The Education Consultant presented a report, a
copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of
which appears as Appendix 'E' to these Minutes in the Minute
Book.
The Chair invited a Committee Member who also
sat on the SEND Improvement Board to address the
Committee. The Committee Member
provided some background around the setting up of the Board, the
membership and the progress being made.
The Committee was advised that it was anticipated that Ofsted would
be inspecting the Service shortly and that it was hoped they
recognised the work being undertaken and planned.
The Committee discussed the
presentation and comments were made, including:
- In
response to a query regarding the new SEND assurance framework, the
Committee was advised that previously there was not a set standard
of Corporate measures. It was noted
that this framework was crucial to assist in Quality
Assurance.
- The
Committee discussed the shortfall in high needs block funding and
was advised that there was an issue nationally across all Local
Authorities and the Government was aware of the issue. The Committee was advised that the service tried
to manage it as efficiently as possible.
- A
Committee Member requested more detailed information to enable the
Committee to track improvements and enquired about how the SEND
Improvement journey was reflected in the Children and Young
People’s Plan. The Committee was
advised there was a SEND dashboard which detailed all the key
performance indicators and provided a measure for the service to
monitor. The Committee was advised that
this could be shared with it at a future date.
(Action).
- The
Committee decided to add the SEND Improvement Journey to the
Forward Plan at regular intervals and the Corporate Director for
Children’s Services advised that they could provide a verbal
update to the next Committee on the upcoming Ofsted visit. (Add
to Forward Plan).
- In
response to a query regarding suitable housing options, the
Committee was advised that the SEND Strategy considered this issue
in more detail, considering a range of options for what the young
people wanted and needed, including through transition to
adulthood.
The Chair to summarised the
discussion as follows:
- High
needs block overspends and shortfall national
- QA
and standards – would like sight of them
- Metrics, baselines, KPis
- QP
and reflection in EHCP
- Update in September to include dashboard
- Verbal update on Send Ofsted
- Housing
RESOLVED that the Committee note the information contained within the update and
continue to monitor progress made at future
Committee.