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The Improvement plan requires the Devon SEND Improvement Partnership to monitor performance against a set of measures. The Department of Education are monitoring progress closely and are looking for evidence on the impact of improvements on the experience of children and families.

Today the partnership is launching two surveys.

• One is for the families of children and young people.

• One is for young people themselves.

Together these surveys will give us a baseline of your experiences so we can measure the impact of improvements in future.

Note: we have now fixed the link on the PCFD survey button below. This was an oversight by the DCC team not by the PCFD. 

Parent Carer Forum Devon survey for families

Parent Carer Forum Devon (PCFD) has been asked to run the baseline survey this May, and then two monitoring surveys in September and in January 2024. This will ensure that family experience is central to tracking progress and highlighting where there are problems.

PCFD have launched a short survey today with questions directly linking to the Key Performance Indicators in the SEND Improvement Plan. So what families say now, will set a baseline and help set targets for improvement.

The survey findings will be key evidence for the Department for Education when monitoring the SEND Improvement Plan. Completing this survey will help give a clear picture of what life is like for SEND families in Devon. 

The survey will close on Sunday 28 May. 

You can learn more about how the PCFD are running the survey on their website.

Impacts survey for young people with SEND

We are a group of Neurodiverse young people and young people with SEND. Our group is called Impacts and it campaigns for positive change. We have been talking about improving SEND services for children and young people in Devon. People who work in SEND services have put together a plan (the improvement plan) on how they can make these services better, because they aren’t supporting young people well enough.

They need to hear from young people about your experiences so they have a starting point, to measure whether the improvement plan is making things better. We have worked with the participation team to put together this survey to do that.

We know that not everyone can answer an online survey, or wants to share their experiences that way, so Devon County Council's participation team are offering other ways to tell us what you think. Please contact amy.bickford@devon.gov.uk if you would like to talk about this.

Shareable links

We would like as many people as possible to take these surveys, so please do share this far and wide. Look out for social media posts to share as well!

Parent Carer Forum Devon survey link

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PCMayBaseline

Impacts survey link

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YPMayBaseline

If you are a professional working with children, young people and families, please let them know these surveys are happening and share these links when appropriate.

Online information and support

• The Devon Children and Families Partnership website provides information and advice about support for all children and young people in Devon, including those with SEND
• The Devon's SEND Local Offer website includes information about services within the Devon Local Offer
• The Signpost Plus service from Children and Family Health Devon (NHS) contains a range of news, courses and offers
• The independent Devon Information Advice and Support website can also provide help and support
• You can also follow us on Facebook 👉 SEND Local Offer Devon

 If you have a question or a story to share with us, please email: childsc.sendimprovementprogramme-mailbox@devon.gov.uk

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