This section of the Ordinarily Available Inclusive Education Framework highlights the priorities and views of parent carers about how schools might best work in partnership with them. The views of parent carers were also used to inform the other sections of the Ordinarily Available Inclusive Education Framework.
During July 2024, 29 parent carers participated in sessions to understand how schools might best work in partnership with them. The parent carers had children from a range of ages, from Reception age to young adults.
Sessions were led by an educational psychologist and a SEND advisory teacher.
One session was held in Barnstaple, North Devon and one in Okehampton, South Devon. Parent carers to children and young people from a range of different schools attended.
The sessions were informed by ‘The Four Cornerstones Approach to Co-production’ which was developed from a partnership between Rotherham Parent Carers Forum and Rotherham Borough Council. More information about this approach is available Our Journey – Genuine Partnerships.
The Four Cornerstones approach builds trust between organisations and parent carers, through four key areas: ‘Welcome and care’, ‘Value and Include’, ‘Communicate’ and ‘Work in Partnership’.
The Rotherham Charter Simple self-evaluation tool (Schools, Settings and Services – Genuine Partnerships) and the views of Devon parent carers were used to develop the expectations and suggestions in the working in partnership with parent carers strand of Devon’s OAIP.