SEND Local Offer - SEND Strategies and Policies
Welcome to our strategy and policy hub, your destination for all the key information about how we support children and young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities. Here you will find our statutory policies that shape the way we deliver inclusive education and services.
Local Offer Statutory Duty
The Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on every local authority to publish a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Local Offer, setting out in one place information about services and support available for children and young people in their area who have special educational needs and or disabilities, including those who do not have Education, Health and Care plans. Local authorities and their partner bodies and agencies must co-operate with each other in its development and review.
The Local Offer has two key purposes:
- to provide clear, comprehensive, accessible and up-to-date information about the available provision and how to access it
- to make provision more responsive to local needs and aspirations by directly involving children, young people, parents, carers and service providers in its development and review
Local authorities must publish comments about their Local Offer received from or on behalf of children with special educational needs or disabilities and their parents and young people with special educational needs or disabilities.
Governance and review
The Local Offer is reviewed every 3 to 6 months by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, in partnership with families, young people and local professionals. The Local Offer working group aims to meet quarterly and acts as a multi-agency oversight to improve accuracy and user experience.
How to update the Local Offer
The Local Offer change request form can help to make sure that any changes requested on the content pages of the Local Offer are thoroughly and smoothly implemented.
