Dear Parents and Carers You may be aware of an independent report that was commissioned into the City Council’s SENDIASS service. That report is now due to go before the council’s Education and Children’s Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 25 January and the papers for that meeting are published today. Those papers, including…
An invitation to a meeting regarding Birmingham City Council’s SENDIASS service – Wednesday 18th January Parents and carers of children and young people with SEND are invited to a meeting regarding the council’s SENDIASS service. The meeting is taking place at the Birmingham and Midland Institute on Margaret Street in Birmingham city centre on Wednesday…
To all our parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Some of you have expressed concern about recent press coverage related to Birmingham SENDIASS. We know how much families value the work our SENDIASS colleagues deliver. We want to assure you that there are no plans to…
Newsletter/Update Publication Dates SEND Partnership Newsletter Wed 2nd November Wed 15th February ‘23 Wed 24th May ‘23 SEND Improvement Update (APP update) Fri 21st October Wed 14th December Wed 29th March ‘23 Wed 14th June ’23
We are delighted to publish two Developing Local Provision Newsletters. Developing Local Provision is a two-year project which aims to develop and improve provision, progress and outcomes for children and young people with additional needs or Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in mainstream schools across Birmingham. The project is producing encouraging results – you…
This summer, two online surveys were undertaken of young people identifying with additional needs aged 12 to 29 in Birmingham. One survey was for young people aged 12 to 18 still at school or college, and the other was for young adults aged 18 to 29. The purpose of the surveys was to ask young…
We are delighted that the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Local Area Partnership (Birmingham City Council, Birmingham ICS (NHS), Birmingham Children’s Trust, Parent Carer Forum and RISE Youth Group) has now published a Co-Production Framework and Charter (or Agreement) in response to the Ofsted revisit last year. Thank you very much to all those…
We are really pleased to announce that a permanent Director for SEND and Inclusion has been appointed. Helen Ellis, currently Service Director Education, SEND and Family Solutions at Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, will take up the role in November. This continues the recruitment of permanent senior management roles to improve and stabilise the SEND service….
Please find a link to an Open Letter from the Birmingham Parent Carer Forum and the Local Authority response. Open Letter from the Birmingham Parent Carer Forum Response from the Local Authority
SEND Art Competition – What are you like? We are running an art competition over the summer holiday to get children and young people with additional needs in the creative mood and showcasing their lives. We are looking for images created by children and young people of themselves, their families, their friends and their interests….
