SEND Improvement Programme - February - March 2021

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Improving the lives of children with special educational needs and disabilities in the Dudley borough

Keeping stakeholders, parents and carers informed about Dudley’s
SEND Improvement Programme

February - March 2021

Helen Ellis
Service Director for SEND,
Education and Family Solutions,
Dudley Council

The speed of delivery in some areas of the action plan have been affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have had to prioritise the actions and improvements where staff, partners and other stakeholders have been accessible and available.

Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) must provide a Designated Medical Officer (DMO) or Designated Clinical Officer (DCO). In Dudley we have both a DMO and a DCO.

The next Dudley SEND Network sessions take place in the week starting 15^th March 2021 and cycled will be covering the Graduated response – what schools will do for Assess-Plan Do- Review cycle?

There has been a lot of activity with the advice of the National CONTACT Group to move forward with an interim steering group and the SEND management team.

We want to understand if the Local Offer website is helpful, easy to use and provides you with the information you need. 

Please complete our online survey by 10 March to tell us your views. 

Useful contacts 📧📲

 Service Director for SEND - Helen Ellis - Helen.ellis@dudley.gov.uk

Interim Head for SEND – Toni Dawodu -  Toni.dawodu@dudley.gov.uk

SEND Manager - Sue Powell – Sue.powell@dudley.gov.uk

SEND Team Manager North - Rob Bennett -  Robert.x.bennett@dudley.gov.uk

SEND Team Manager South – Kelly Warne -  Kelly.warne@dudley.gov.uk

SEND Programme Manager – Simon Hickman -  Simon.hickman@dudley.gov.uk

SEND Programme Manager – Paul Klein -  Paul.klein@dudley.gov.uk