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RESOLVED: that Cabinet adopted
the co-produced Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and
Alternative Provision Strategy 2023-26. This Strategy included the
new WNC Co-production Charter.
 
That alongside the annual
report, a summary of the minutes from each meeting of the SEND
Improvement Board be published on the Council’s
website.
 
REASONS RESOLVED:
·        
To accord with OFSTED and CQC requirements as
specified in the Local Area SEND Inspection framework and the
Department for Education Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan.
·        
To support the Council and its partners to improve
outcomes for children with SEND.
·        
To ensure an effective and consistent offer of
support to children with SEND and their families across West
Northants.
 
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS:
 
The Council and its local
partners do not have a joint understanding of needs of children
with SEND locally, and do not have a joint approach to delivering
services. A joint approach to delivering SEND services, including
clarity about how our statutory obligations will be delivered is
needed.
 
The Council proposed to the
SEND Improvement Board (local multi-agency governance group) that a
new SEND & Alternative Provision Strategy should be
co-produced. This proposal stated that in order to address areas of
under-performance, and to achieve the best outcomes for children
with SEND and their families, the new approach must include all
partners, especially children and their families.