Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the outcome of the joint local area Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) inspection undertaken by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) from 4 to 8 December 2017.

The report stated that the Inspection Framework emphasised that local area inspections evaluate the effectiveness of all relevant partners in the local area in fulfilling their responsibilities for SEND. The inspection therefore evaluated the contribution and impact of the Local Authority, the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Public Health, specialist services, early years settings, schools and further education providers.

The report advised that the Local Authority and the CCG were required to submit a joint Written Statement of Action to the Department for Education (DfE) and that a SEND Improvement Board had been established to direct the development of the improvement action plan.

The comments of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee were set out in section 7 of the report.

Reasons:

This report formally notifies the Cabinet of the outcome of the Ofsted inspection.