Agenda item

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

Members received a report of the Director of Community & Children’s Services relative to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and the work that the City of London SEND service had carried out during the COVID-19 restrictions.

Officers reported on efforts made to ensure SEND students could continue to learn, including: teachers visited students homes to ensure they knew how to use required equipment; 9 students were attending school; special schools had reopened in some capacity; online library resources had been valuable during lockdown.

In light of restrictions lifting, consideration was being made with respect to returning to school and how to adapt practices in school on return. The educational deficit would be assessed on return following student evaluations.

It was further noted that the SEND conference had been cancelled and would be hosted virtually in March 2021.

RESOLVED – that, the report be received and its contents noted.