East Riding SEND and Inclusion Strategy – Draft ready for your feedback

We’re pleased to share the draft SEND and Inclusion Strategy developed by the East Riding of Yorkshire Local Area Partnership. This strategy sets out our shared vision, priorities, and commitments to improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND across our area.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far, your input has helped shape the direction of this important work. We’re now inviting FINAL feedback from everyone including parents, carers, children and young people, professionals, schools, early years settings, and wider partners to make sure the final version of the strategy reflects the needs and aspirations of our whole community.

📧 Send us your thoughts by 4pm on Friday, 12 September: localoffer@eastriding.gov.uk

Local Offer Roadshow – Where should we visit? 🗺️ 

We’ve recently launched our new Local Offer website, designed to be easier to navigate and packed with up-to-date information for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), their families and carers.

As we move through the Autumn and Winter terms, we’re planning a series of Local Offer Roadshow drop-in sessions across the East Riding. These informal events will give families the chance to:

• Explore the new website
• Ask questions and share feedback
• Connect with the Local Offer team in person

We’d love to hear your suggestions for places we could visit! Whether it’s a SEND coffee morning, library session, activity group, networking event, or any other gathering where we could set up a stall and chat with families, please do let us know.

📧 We’d be grateful if you could send your ideas to: localoffer@eastriding.gov.uk

Together, we can make sure more families know about the support available and how to access it.

Help us update our list of SEND local groups and activities 📣

As part of our ongoing work to keep the East Riding Local Offer fresh and relevant, we’re updating our directory of local groups and activities that support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

If you run or are part of a group that’s SEND specific, we’d love to hear from you, so we can include it in our updated directory.

By sharing your details, you’ll help families across East Riding discover the support and opportunities available in their communities and ensure your group is visible to those who need it most.

📩 Please email us at: localoffer@eastriding.gov.uk

🔍 See our current directory here: www.eastriding.gov.uk/local-offer/find-local-group-or-activity

Extra Support for EOTIS/C Learners🎓 

We’re pleased to share that work has been ongoing for some time to support the very small number of children and young people in the East Riding who are part of the EOTIS/C group.

EOTIS/C stands for Education Other Than In School/ College. This applies to children whose education is delivered in a different way because it would be inappropriate for their education to be delivered in a setting.

This work has included:

• Strengthening policies, procedures, and guidance around EOTIS/C.
• Investing in a dedicated EOTIS Coordinator to oversee and support the cohort.

We've also created a one page guide for families of EOTIS/C learners which was recently sent out to families of the EOTIS/C group.

As promised, we're now sharing this update with the wider parent carer community, along with news of our new EOTIS/C Policy, which will be published on the Local Offer shortly.

If you would like a copy of the policy in the meantime, please email Emma Gray