Issue - meetings

Report of Rob Henderson, Executive Director, outlining the outcome of the recent SEND inspection.

Board Members considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Children and Learning detailing the outcome of the recent investigation into the provision of Special Educational Needs in the City.

The Board were briefed by the Executive Director for Children and Learning who acknowledged that the report was fair and its findings fell in lie with known areas of required improvement within the service.  It was noted that there is a strain on provision of these services nationally and that overall the local services were performing better than a number of authorities. However the report had highlighted that there was work to be done.  The Executive Director and the Cabinet Member accepted this and set the out what steps that needed to be addressed.  It was noted that the authority needed to commit to the actions and cultural requirements set out in section 5 of the report. 

It was explained that regionally authorities were coming together in a workshop to attempt to find solutions that would be exchanging examples of best practice and develop ways to deliver improvements regionally.

Resolved:

1.  That the inspection feedback is noted

2.  That the action plans in development are noted

3.  That Health and Wellbeing Board partners as strategic leaders for the system commit to the actions and cultural change required to deliver the areas of improvement