Devon’s SEND Local Offer

The SEND Strategic Partnership Board

Purpose

The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Strategic Partnership Board is an independently chaired board that works to ensure all children and young people in Devon can thrive and achieve positive outcomes.

The SEND Strategic Partnership Board:

  • Oversees the SEND transformation programme which tackles significant challenges across the local area partnership.
  • Monitors progress on the Accelerated Progress Plan (APP), produced after the local area Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in May 2022.
  • Provides support and challenge to all partners and holds them to account.
  • Focuses on improving services so families get the right help at the right time.

Whilst the Accelerated Progress Plan is a huge area of focus for Devon there is a focus on improvement across all service providers to ensure children, young people and their families are able to access the support they need at the right time.

A detailed overview of the board’s vision and purpose, objectives, responsibilities, and more can be found in the SEND Strategic Partnership Board’s terms of reference.

The SEND Strategic Partnership Board includes representatives from the following organisations and groups:

  • Devon County Council (with overall responsibility for SEND services in Devon) including the Chief Executive, councillors, chief officers and representatives from education, children’s and adult social care and public health and early help
  • NHS Devon (with overall responsibility for health services for children and young people with SEND)
  • Parent Carer Forum Devon
  • Educational settings and schools
  • Commissioned services (which provide health, care and education support to children and young people with SEND) – Children and Family Health Devon
  • Devon Children’s Safeguarding Partnership
  • Children and young people with SEND
  • Department for Education advisors
  • NHS England advisors

Meetings

Meetings are held at County Hall every six weeks. The minutes will be published within 10 working days.

2026

  • 27 January: 1pm – 3pm
  • 10 March: 1pm – 3pm
  • 6 May: 10am – 12pm
  • 2 June: 1pm – 3pm
  • 14 July: 1pm – 3pm
  • 2 September: 10am – 12pm
  • 13 October: 1pm – 3pm
  • 24 November: 1pm – 3pm

2025

2024