SEND Peer Review Daily Update - 25 November 2016

DAPH UPDATE

SEND Peer Review Daily Update - 25 November 2016

SEND Peer Review

 Friday 25 November 2016

Peer Review feedback - day 3

Yesterday's (Thursday) programme saw the Peer Review team attending a SEND commissioning group and SEND Improvement Board; and the team met with early years groups, Careers South West, health focus groups, a special school and a primary school.

In yesterday's feedback, the team said the organisation has been excellent. 

The team said they found evidence of a strong ambition and commitment to change, from the groups and people they had spoken to. They thought that our schools, colleges and early years settings had a strong focus on child centred planning and that they were a valuable, but potentially untapped resource in the wider development of practice.   

The team suggested further improvements could be made with transitions across all age ranges. 

The team observed both the SEND and Joint Commissioning Boards, and said their collaborative working was a real step forward, and it would be important to measure the impact this is likely to have.

Today's itinerary

This morning will be an opportunity for the Peer Review team to feed back their observations and findings to chief officers and leaders, before an open feedback session at 12 noon, in the Coaver Club Conference Room at County Hall.  Everyone is welcome to attend this session.

Coming up...

Next week we will be providing more detailed feedback from the Peer Review team, and how this will inform our planning process for the future SEND programme.

Feedback

We will keep you updated through this bulletin.  If you have any feedback on the Peer Review please e-mail childrenfamiliesalliance-mailbox@devon.gov.uk

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