{"id":66589,"date":"2025-07-21T11:21:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/?p=66589"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:21:12","slug":"an-update-from-the-devon-local-area-partnership-send-strategic-board-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/an-update-from-the-devon-local-area-partnership-send-strategic-board-july-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"An update from the Devon Local Area Partnership SEND Strategic Board &#8211; July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Devon\u2019s SEND Strategic Partnership Board\u00a0brings together leaders from education, health, and care services across Devon, along with representative voices of parents and carers and children and young people. Its role is to oversee and drive improvements in how we support children and young people with SEND. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At their meeting earlier this month they discussed the efforts to reshape services, strengthen communication, and expand local provision.\u00a0Here are some of the key milestones we\u2019ve achieved recently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Better Support Through New Systems:<\/strong> We\u2019ve launched a new&nbsp;Provision Management System&nbsp;to help us make more consistent and transparent decisions about support and placements. This means better tracking of services and quicker responses to your child\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Improving the timeliness and quality of EHCPs:<\/strong> A new&nbsp;Quality Assurance Framework&nbsp;for EHCPs is now in place. We\u2019ve also split our assessment team to focus on both new requests and backlog cases\u2014this should help reduce delays and improve the quality of plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listening to families:<\/strong> We\u2019ve started co-producing&nbsp;Communication Standards&nbsp;with parent volunteers to improve how we communicate with families and ensure our messages are clear, timely, and supportive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Expanding local provision:<\/strong> We\u2019ve secured funding for new special school places and resource bases, including 16 new places at Lampard and progress on new sites in Totnes and Castlebridge. This means more children can access the right support closer to home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s coming next?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Continued improvements to EHCP processes, including reducing the number of plans over the 20-week statutory timeframe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More outreach support for children transitioning to secondary school.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recruitment of new staff and redesign of services to better meet family needs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Planning for additional places in special schools and colleges from September onwards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How this helps you and your child<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Faster decisions\u00a0and better communication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More local options\u00a0for education and support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Higher quality EHCPs\u00a0tailored to your child\u2019s needs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greater involvement\u00a0of families in shaping 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