Purpose

Background information:
 
This is the first time that KCC
has produced a Sufficiency Plan for Special Education Needs (SEN)
Provision. Most Local Authorities now produce an analysis and plan
that sits under their SEND Strategy and feeds into their Education
Commissioning Plan and capital strategy for education
provision.
 
Kent’s
Commissioning Plan for Education Provision has included a section
on Special Education Needs Provision;
however, this has always been a high-level summary based on limited
analysis and forecasting.
 
 
Options:
 
Commissioning recommendations
for this first plan are limited by the need for the Special School,
Specialist Resource Provision and Early Years reviews to complete.
The outcomes and recommendations from these reviews will be key to
informing future commissioning decisions. Commissioning recommendations from the SEND
Sufficiency Plan will be reflected in Kent’s Commissioning
Plan for Education Provision 2024 to 2028.

 
For post-16, actions are
underway to meet demand regarding place planning, with engagement
from all FE groups as part of multiple projects around access for
students to mainstream settings.The phases of implementation of the
SEND Sufficiency Plan will be influenced by the medium and
longer-term commissioning decisions that result from the data
presented. 

 
 
 

Decision

Cabinet agreed the
Special Educational Needs Sufficiency Plan 2024-2028.