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Childcare Survey for Parents of School-Aged Children with SEND

As part of the Manchester City Council’s childcare sufficiency assessment, we hope to find out more about access to childcare outside of the core school day for children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND). If you are a parent/carer of a school-aged child

By |2023-10-09T12:47:34+01:00September 26th, 2023|Categories: Get Involved, Parent-Carer Feedback|Tags: , |

Manchester SEND Survey 2022

We have just published this year's SEND Survey, with the aim of getting parents' & carers' views on how Manchester City Council, Education, Health, and Social Care settings/services have performed in terms of meeting the needs of our children and young people aged 0-25 with

By |2023-03-02T01:36:15+00:00January 31st, 2023|Categories: Get Involved, Parent-Carer Feedback|Tags: , , , , , |

Easy Read Summary of the SEND Home-to-School Transport Consultation

There is currently a public consultation ongoing about Manchester's travel support to access education and training policy, which follows the review of the home-to-school transport service earlier this year. Last Tuesday, 6 September, we hosted a face-to-face consultation that was attended by members of

Service Review of Talbot House Support Centre

Manchester City Council is undertaking a service review of Talbot House Support Centre and they would like to hear from families who have accessed service. If you have accessed or have been supported by Talbot House within the past 3 years, please either book for

Manchester SEND Survey 2021

We have just published this year's SEND Survey, with the aim of getting parents' & carers' views on how Manchester City Council, Education, Health, and Social Care settings/services have done in terms of meeting the needs of our children and young people aged 0-25

By |2022-02-07T13:28:28+00:00February 7th, 2022|Categories: Parent-Carer Feedback|Tags: , , , , , |

Request: Short Videos for Social Worker SEND Training

Over the past few months, we have been working with multi-agency teams from Manchester City Council (e.g., Workforce Learning & Development, Social Care, Local Offer) to develop a training programme for social workers, with the hope that it will help them be better able to

By |2022-01-15T00:13:37+00:00January 15th, 2022|Categories: Parent-Carer Feedback|Tags: , |

How to Get Involved with the Local Area SEND Inspection

Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors will be coming to Manchester next week to assess how effective our local area is at identifying and meeting the needs of children & young people who have Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND). The inspection will

Letter from Manchester City Council Re: Local Area SEND Inspection

Today, we received the following letter from Manchester City Council, where they give an overview of what happens during a Local Area SEND Inspection and ask parents & carers to take part in a survey that Ofsted & the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published as

Opportunities to Influence Children’s Services

We've been informed that Manchester will be dedicating 2022 as the "Year of the Child" - a year to celebrate and further support children and young people in Manchester. As part of this city-wide campaign, they will create a programme of activities, opportunities and experiences