Draft Written Statement of Action receives Cabinet approval
A report outlining the progression of the local area’s Written Statement of Action (WSOA) has been endorsed by Warwickshire County Council’s Cabinet today.
The Written Statement of Action has been co-produced in response to a local area inspection of Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) which took place in July 2021. The local area includes not just Warwickshire County Council, but also the Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS providers, schools and settings. As part of the inspection, the Inspectors reviewed evidence of how children and young people with SEND are identified, how their needs are assessed and met, and how they are supported to move on to their next stage of education, the world of work and wider preparation for adulthood.
The final inspection report was issued in September 2021 and noted some positive action including the commitment of leadership across the local area to improving outcomes for children and young people through its ambitious SEND and Inclusion Change Programme. It also noted that children and young people with SEND achieve positive educational outcomes, and a high proportion of them remain in education, training and employment. Attendance rates for children and young people with SEND are very positive and fixed-term exclusions have reduced dramatically.
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Parent and carer webinar on autism support next week
Warwickshire County Council and the local Clinical Commissioning Group are hosting a webinar on Tuesday 14 December at 1pm where there will be a discussion on the plans for services and support around Autism.
Parents and carers from across the county are encouraged to attend and take part in the discussion. This topic comes in response to our recent Ofsted/CQC inspection and the views of parents and carers in a recent survey by Warwickshire Parent Carer Voice.
The speakers from Warwickshire County Council will include Matt Gilks, Director of Commissioning (CCG), Heather Kelly, Senior Transformation Manager, CCG, and Ali Cole, Senior Joint Commissioner Disabilities and Autism, WCC and CCG. Questions can be submitted in advance to sendchange@warwickshire.gov.uk. Click here to attend the meeting: https://bit.ly/SENDwebinarDec Feel free to pass on this information to anyone who you think might be interested in attending. We look forward to seeing you at the event.
Children and young people in Warwickshire to benefit from autism education project
Children and young people in Warwickshire are to benefit from a new educational project to improve autism support in schools.
Warwickshire County Council and Warwickshire Parent Carer Voice are working with Peopletoo to deliver the Autism in Schools project, funded by NHS England, that will help school communities work better together with pupils and families to meet the needs of neurodivergent pupils now and in the future.
This project will involve working together to co-produce training resources regarding identity, and also training packages for schools to help autistic pupils understand their identity. The project will explore people’s experiences and encourage schools to adapt their environments so that they are inclusive to all. The project is working with parents, carers, children and young people to strengthen relationships and the ways these groups work together to improve learning experiences for Autistic pupils.
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