Requesting Parent Carer, Children and Young People views Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are visiting West Sussex to assess how effective the local area partnership’s commissioning arrangements are at identifying and meeting the needs of children and young people with SEND. Your views are important to this process and will help inspectors understand … Continue reading Area SEND Inspection – Surveys
SENDIAS Annual Report is here!
The latest SEND Information, Advice and Support Service's (SENDIAS) Annual Report has arrived! Covering Apr 2022 - March 2023 we explain how in that time, we have been responding to an increasing demand on our service including how we have been working on some new resources. You will also be able to read about our … Continue reading SENDIAS Annual Report is here!
Our website has some new guides!
We are very happy to share that we have just published some new guides to our resources pages. One is about how to choose a placement when your child or young person has an EHCP. This can be found on the Education, Health & Care Plans page. Annual Reviews ↗ What is an Annual Review … Continue reading Our website has some new guides!
Delays to Appeal Hearings – what can I do?
You may have heard recently that appeals to the SEND Tribunal are being severely delayed due to the increased number being received. At the time of writing this (Nov 2022), Face to Face Hearings are taking up to 50 weeks to be held, with no sign of this changing for the foreseeable future. It is … Continue reading Delays to Appeal Hearings – what can I do?
GCSE results – what now?
If your young person has taken GCSEs this year you will be aware that results are available tomorrow (25th August). They may already have a plan and know what is happening come Sept, but for some, their results may not be as expected. This blog explores the different options available. Does a young person have … Continue reading GCSE results – what now?
SENDIAS Annual Report 2021-22
We are pleased to be able to share our new, recently published SENDIAS Annual Report with you. This report will show how we are starting to adjust to the continued increase in demand to the service and ensure that we can find different ways to offer quality information and advice to empower parent carers, giving … Continue reading SENDIAS Annual Report 2021-22
New Website Pages
We are excited to announce that we have added some new guide pages to our website. These guides build on our existing leaflets to provide more in depth information and advice on various SEN & EHC Plan related topics as well as new ones that we have not previously covered. When you call or email … Continue reading New Website Pages
SEND AWARENESS EVENT 2022
Calling all parent / carers, children and young people and practitioners… West Sussex County Council in participation with the West Sussex Parent Carer Forum will be hosting the first ever SEND Awareness Event.  They would love to hear your views on what the event should be based on or if there are any themes you … Continue reading SEND AWARENESS EVENT 2022
Service Feedback
Continuing through the pandemic, 2021 was a challenging one for us all. Therefore, we particularly wanted to thank all who took the time to send us feedback on how we have helped you in your given situation. Your positive feedback really gives the team a lift, and it is a powerful way for other parent … Continue reading Service Feedback
West Sussex SENDIAS Annual Report
The West Sussex SENDIAS Annual Report 2020-21 is here! In this year’s edition you will find out about the objectives we have achieved as a result of service user feedback and Steering Group input, our new service branding, the growing demand on the service and how we are trying to adapt to this, to name … Continue reading West Sussex SENDIAS Annual Report