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Devon SEND Partnership news – December 2023

This month’s Devon’s special educational needs and disability (SEND) Improvement Partnership news update has been published. Devon SEND Improvement Partnership news is for children, young people, parents, carers and professionals.

Read some highlights below, or read the full newsletter online.

If you’d like to receive the newsletter by email, you can subscribe to Devon SEND Partnership news.

Help us improve the EHC plan process in Devon

Devon County Council (DCC) are working to identify improvements to the process of requesting and receiving an Education Health and Care (EHC) plan. The project is seeking to improve the timeliness and quality of EHC plans as well as how we communicate with parents.

Find out more and how to get involved on the Local Offer website.

We’re transforming our SEND service with Essex partnership

Essex County Council has become Devon’s improvement partner for SEND services with funding from the Department for Education.

Read more about the improvement partnership arrangement here.

Autism and Us spring 2024 places now available to book

Devon’s popular Autism and Us free programme for parent-carers returns in the new year, with a combination of four-week courses and one-off workshops.

Full details of the programme and how to book are on the Devon SEND Local Offer.

Also in this month’s newsletter

  • Children and Family Health Devon virtual event
  • Devon virtual wallet for direct payments and personal budgets
  • Christmas Holiday Activity and Food places available to book
  • Learning Disability Annual health checks
  • 2024 SEND Conference for schools – bring your headteacher for half-price!
  • Devon SEND governance dates.

You can read the full newsletter online.

If you’d like to receive the newsletter by email, you can subscribe to Devon SEND Improvement Partnership news.


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