Special Educational Needs: Burton and Uttoxeter
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support SEND children and their parents in Burton and Uttoxeter constituency.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
The department has positive and open engagement with the local authority, Staffordshire County Council, through its Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Lead and wider partners. The local authority has been approached to participate in the education, health and care (EHC) plan template pilot, which is led by the Change Partnership Programme.
The department continues to prioritise:
- Implementing the improvements identified in the Accelerated Progress Plan.
- Monitoring progress and improvements made through the Enhanced Assess, Plan, Do, Review Programme, and through the Staffordshire Enhanced District Inclusion Support (SEDIS) Model.
- Monitoring 20-week timeliness on an ongoing basis.
- Providing support to improve EHC plan quality through the Research and Improvement for SEND Excellence (RISE) consortium.
- Continuing to meet regularly with the wider SEND partnership along with monthly meetings with the local authority, children’s social care and schools.
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