Background
Children and young people with SEND may need extra support at nursery, school or college, or may have health and care support needs. It is the responsibility of Somerset County Council and the Somerset NHS Clinical Commissioning Group alongside schools, education providers and other Local Area partners, to make sure they get that support.
In March 2020, Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills) and the CQC (Care Quality Commission) inspected Somerset’s SEND services to ensure children and young people across the county are being given the best support possible. Inspectors spoke with children, young people, families and the people who run the services. Ofsted and CQC said that Somerset is not doing well enough and needs to do better.
Written Statement of Action
In December 2020, Somerset County Council and Somerset NHS Clinical Commissioning Group published its ‘Written Statement of Action’ (WSoA). This is a detailed plan to improve the SEND service areas identified in the Ofsted and CQC inspection report.
You can read the Written Statement of Action’ (WSoA) by using the links below.
Full version
Easy read version
Black and white version
We know we have lots of work to do to make SEND services the best they can be. We have agreed to work hard together to make these improvements.
Areas of work
In this section you will find everything you need to know about improving services for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) in Somerset.
A significant amount of work is taking place across Somerset in the following nine areas:
More information
27 April 2020
30 November 2020
We have also recruited 72 Inclusion Champions who are undergoing training to work with and support our children, young people and their families across Somerset.
Find out more about Inclusion Champions here.
Get in touch
If you have any questions or would like to tell us about your experiences of using SEND in Somerset, you can contact us:
By email: SENDParticipationTeam@somerset.gov.uk
On Facebook: @SENDParticipationTeam
By What’s App or text message: 07976 809 773
Updated 9 June 2021
