SEND and Inclusion Strategy consultation

Overview

We want to hear your views about our draft SEND and Inclusion Strategy for 2025 through to 2030.

The SEND Partnership across Buckinghamshire has drafted a revised SEND and Inclusion Strategy for 2025 to 2030.  

‘Local area or SEND partnership’ is a term used throughout this strategy. This partnership includes children and young people with SEND, their families/carers, and those in education, health and care (including the voluntary and community sector). The partnership is responsible for the strategic planning, commissioning, management, delivery and evaluation of arrangements for children and young people with SEND who live in Buckinghamshire. 

The new draft strategy has been developed with key partners including representatives of parents/carers and young people. It seeks to raise aspirations and close the achievement gap for children and young people with SEND. The new strategy will set out the SEND Partnership’s aims and objectives. It shifts our focus in delivering our offer, without reducing the service. 

As a SEND partnership, we are committed to continually improving the support provided for children with SEND and the outcomes they achieve. This new strategy supports this ambition.

Once finalised, the new strategy will replace the existing SEND and Inclusion Strategy that expired at the end of 2023.  

We are keen to hear views from as many families and young people as possible on the content of the new strategy, as well as from professionals and organisations who support children and young people with SEND.   

Related documents and links

Before you respond to this activity, please have a look at the following documents and links:

• Draft SEND and Inclusion Strategy (PDF 0.5MB) 
• SEND and Inclusion Strategy summary document (PDF 0.6MB)
• Easy Read version of the draft SEND and Inclusion Strategy survey (PDF 3.3MB)

Events / online events

We are holding a number of events during the consultation period, including: 

• one in-person parent/carer engagement session taking place on the 14 November at 6pm within a specialist education setting. 


• one in-person parent/carer engagement session taking place open to all parents/carers of children and young people with SEND in Buckinghamshire on 15 November at The Gateway in Aylesbury 11am-12 noon.


• four in-person children and young people’s workshops taking place across Buckinghamshire within both mainstream and specialist education settings (dates to be confirmed).


• three online parent/carer engagement sessions available during both daytime and evening hours:
  • Wednesday 6 November 2-3pm
  • Wednesday 13 November 6.30-7.0pm
  • Thursday 21 November 10-11am
• three online professional engagement sessions:
  • Thursday 24 October 12-1pm
  • Wednesday 6 November 3.30-4.30pm
  • Thursday 14 November 3.30-4.30pm

If you would like to attend any of our events, please email us at engageeducation@buckinghamshire.gov.uk 

How to have your say  

You can tell us your views in one of the following ways:

• complete the online survey using the link at the end of the page
• complete, and return, a printed version of the survey (PDF 0.3MB)
• complete and email to us the easy read version of the survey (PDF 3.3MB)
• email us at engageeducation@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
• write to us at Engage Education, Children’s Services, Buckinghamshire Council, Walton Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 1UA

If you have any questions about this activity, or require this information in another format or language, please email us at engageeducation@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or phone us on 07812 788391.

Please tell us your views by 11:59pm on 1 December 2024. 

What happens next

Your views will help us to make sure that our aspirations for SEND and inclusion in the strategy reflect the needs of the children and young people in Buckinghamshire with SEND. We will also use your views to review and, if necessary, modify the way we plan to deliver against our four priorities.

We will then draft a final version of the strategy which will go forward for formal approval by the Council.

Privacy

We will use the information you provide here only for this activity. We will store the information securely in line with data protection laws and will not share or publish any personal details. For more information about data and privacy, please see our Privacy Policy.

If you have questions about data and privacy, please email us on dataprotection@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or write to our Data Protection Officer at Buckinghamshire Council, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8FF.