Special Educational Needs

Jenny Pearce – SEN Lead 12/13

and Principal Educational Psychologist

What actions are we taking?

Buckinghamshire SEN – Statements and Funding comparisons with Statistical Neighbours

Number of new statements written each year per 10,000 school population ( Cambridgeshire close

statistical neighbour)

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

England Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire

Out of County Independent Schools – Actual Spend FYs 2010/12 & estimated 2012/13

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

£12,000,000

£12,200,000

£12,400,000

£12,600,000

£12,800,000

£13,000,000

£13,200,000

£13,400,000

£13,600,000

£13,800,000

£14,000,000

FY

SEN Review (2011)Lind Associates

• Ten Recommendations being implemented

1) Refresh the SEN strategy as a joint agency strategy that is a working document relevant to and used by all stakeholders

• Draft SEN Strategy developed• Wide consultation implemented - primary focus on

gaining agreed principles to surround SEN• Consultation ends March 13• SEN Board implemented. Purpose - to provide

governance to all SEN developments. Wide stakeholder representation

• SEN Workshop arranged for March 13. Purpose - to consult with stakeholders re next Action Plans for SEN April 13/14

2) Review Statutory Assessment processes and guidance

• New STAFA panel developed to review all requests for statutory assessments and High Needs funding. Implementation April 13

• More robust use of data with FAP panel• Pre-screening of requests with support for

schools implemented

3) Undertake greater scrutiny of provision written into

statements

• New Provision Panel developed to review provision written into statements and agree placements. Implementation April 13

• Robust challenge processes used as interim measure - April 12-13

4) Take urgent action to meet statutory deadlines for the completion of statements

• Detailed investigation of all SEN processes which contribute to this National Indicator

• Robust monitoring processes and new SEN Admin procedures implemented August 2012

• Evidence of success:

Aug 12 Sep 12 Oct 12 Nov 12 Dec 12 Jan 13

16% 53% 61% 74% 60% 74%

5) Develop a more robust response to SENDIST appeals

• Virtual Tribunal team developed• External contract in place to defend up to 20 tribunals

per year• Agreed processes for defence by Cc professionals• Up to date training for all Cc professionals in Tribunal

representation• Appropriate cases being defended robustly

6) Address the organisation of SEN funding through radical change to the way funds are allocated

• Increased delegation of SEN funding to mainstream agreed

• Funding for SEN has been uncoupled from statements in mainstream

• SEN Funding for Special Schools has been remodelled to reflect the required School funding formula changes

• SEN Funding for ARPs has been remodelled to reflect the required School Funding formula changes

• Implementation as part of the School funding formula changes-April 13

7) Develop a greater awareness among stakeholders of the need for cost-effective resource management

• Robust monitoring processes for all Statutory assessment request in place

• Monthly monitoring and investigation of SEN data and targets embedded in teams

• Analysis of statistical neighbours comparisons for SEN complete

• Data and Finance presentation complete for SEN Stakeholder conference and SEN Board

• Standing item on SEN Board focused on SEN Finance• Finance data shared with parental groups

8) Develop provision within county for pupils with ASD and BESD to reduce the reliance on independent and non-maintained special provision

• Kite Ridge PRU open and providing support to nine pupils with severe ASD and BESD

• DfE Re-designation process of three Special Schools and Kite Ridge PRU to supporting inclusion of more children in Buckinghamshire with ASD complete

• DfE Re-designation process of Chiltern Way Federation to accommodate girls with BESD and students with the most severe BESD in county complete

• Scoping for BESD Traded Service complete

9) Further improve relationships with service users

• Parental/school/social care/health representative active participants in SEN Board and Action plans

• Regular attendance at FACT Bucks meetings by SEN lead and other managers

• SEN items on all Leadership Briefings• SEN items on Spring Area HT meetings• SEN items taken to Bucks Association of Secondary

Heads• SEN Workshop in March for wide range of SEN

partners• Regular meetings posted in Schools Bulletin for

schools and governors

10) Improve data collection concerning ethnic monitoring and take action to investigate and address anomalies

• SEN Data cleansing implemented• SEN Data collection processes scrutinized/updated• Data action group active

Next Steps

• SEN Workshop - March 20th 2013

Outcome:

13/14 SEN action plans based on stakeholder feedback and national and local priorities.