Issue - meetings

The Board received a presentation from the Operational Director, Education, Inclusion and Provision, which provided an update on the recent Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Local Area Partnership Ofsted Inspection. 

          The presentation described the membership of the Local Area Partnership and who they were.  Under the umbrella of One Halton, the Council, community and NHS organisations work together for the benefit of children and young people living in Halton.  It outlined the responsibilities and priorities of the partnership. 

The presentation also outlined the partnership’s learning from the process; the outcome of the inspection was embargoed until the publication of the final Ofsted report. The report would share the responsibilities of the Local Area Partnership and help to inform the Board of priorities which would inform strategic planning and support the partnership to deliver the right support at the right time, in the right way, for children and young people with SEND.

Once the inspection report was published, the findings would be shared with all stakeholders.  The Strategy and priority plans for the SEND Local Area Partnership would be shared and steps would be taken to progress as a partnership on the collective vision for children and young people with SEND in Halton.

RESOLVED:  That the report and presentation be noted.