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In-Person Watch Group: SEND Reform Information Webinar

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) will be delivering a series of information webinars that are designed to help us better understand the “SEND Reform: Putting Children and Young People First” government consultation. This webinar on the 10th of March, 1 to 2pm, is

In-Person Watch Group: SEND Reform Information Webinar

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) will be delivering a series of information webinars that are designed to help us better understand the “SEND Reform: Putting Children and Young People First” government consultation. This webinar on the 9th of March, 10 to 11am, is

Every Child Achieving and Thriving: A Guide to the Documents

The National Network of Parent Carer Forums (NNPCF) recently shared with us a document that aims to explain the various accompanying documents that sit alongside the White Paper, "Every Child Achieving and Thriving". The guide has been developed in response to feedback from PCFs

Council for Disabled Children SEND Reform Information Webinars

The National Network of Parent Carer Forums (NNPCF) recently shared with us some online events that the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) will be delivering in relation to the SEND Reform Government Consultation. They are delivering a series of information webinars which are designed

Early Engagement for the Upcoming SEND Reforms

On Monday, we joined an NNPCF national engagement session with Minister Gould and many other Parent Carer Forums (PCFs) from around the country, to talk about the upcoming SEND reforms. We were asked: What accountability is needed in a reformed system to support an

SEND Reform National Conversation

Ahead of the publication of the Schools White Paper early next year, the Department for Education is currently engaging with families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), practitioners and other experts regarding the proposals to reform the SEND

[Info Sharing] North West SEND Engagement Event with the Department for Education

Ahead of the publication of the Schools White Paper early next year, the Department for Education says that it is committed to testing the proposals to reform the SEND system with the people who matter most – young people and families – alongside teachers

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