Agenda item

Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Update

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

Minutes:

Members received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services relative to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) update. The report provided statistical information regarding the number of children and young people with SEND who are known to the local authority. It was further reported that City resident children and young people attend over 80 different schools, which presented a challenge for the City in being able to know the number and long term outcomes of children and young people with SEND who were supported by schools from their own resources (SEN support). The numbers can be ever changing as SEN Support, such as speech and language support is sometimes a short-term intervention, while some interventions to support needs such as social, emotional and mental health, may be more long term. For children and young people with complex needs and who have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan, officers know where they are attending schools and are present at every annual review of their EHC plan, so are able to monitor their progress towards meeting their long-term outcomes.

 

The report was noted.

 

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