Issue - meetings
SEND and Children with Disabilities - Strategy and Ofsted Inspection Updates
Meeting: 30/03/2023 - Children and Families Scrutiny Panel (Item 35)
35 SEND and Children with Disabilities - Strategy and Ofsted Inspection Updates 
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Report of the Head of SEND presenting the new
SEND Strategy and the Ofsted SEND inspection framework.
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - Southampton SEND Strategy 2022-2027.pdf, item 35
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- Appendix 2 - SEND Inspection Briefing.pptx, item 35
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Minutes:
The Panel considered the report of the Head of SEND presenting the new SEND Strategy and the Ofsted SEND inspection framework.
Councillor Paffey – Cabinet Member for Children and Learning, Robert Henderson Executive Director Wellbeing (Children & Learning), and Tammy Marks –Head of SEND were in attendance and with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.
The Panel discussed a number of points outlined within the report including:
· Local and national trends relating to SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities);
· Performance outcomes for children with SEND;
· The plans for transformation of the SEND service and the need to meet the increasing demand; and
· How the recently published national strategy for children with SEND compares to Southampton’s SEND Strategy, and the impact the proposals within the national strategy will have on services in the city.
RESOLVED that the Panel schedule a discussion on SEND in 2023/24 that includes a focus on the progress of the transformation programme, and preparation for adulthood.