Key points from July’s Devon SEND Strategic Partnership Board meeting.
We talked about
- How young people and families can have a stronger voice and presence in the SEND Strategic Partnership Board.
- Plans to improve support for children and young people with SEND in early years, schools and colleges (Experts at Hand).
- Progress on issuing Education Health and Care Plans in 20 weeks and preparation for a Local Area SEND Inspection.
We agreed
- Children, young people and families should have greater involvement in the SEND Strategic Partnership Board.
- We will make our work more accessible and inclusive.
- We will share clearer updates about what the Board is doing.
What we will do next
- Establish a working group to implement the recommendations from the co-production workshop.
- Share information from the Essex peer review and continue preparations for future SEND inspection activity.
- Finalise the SEND Communications Plan and provide an update at the next Partnership Board meeting.
Full minutes of the meeting held on 14 July 2026 are also available.