SEND Local Offer - SEND Strategies and Policies
A to Z of our policies and procedures
- SEND and Alternative Provision Strategy 2025 to 2030 Summary
- Stockton-on-Tees Local Area SEND and Alternative Provision Strategy 2025 to 2030
- Fair Access Policy 2025 to 2026 (reviewed June 2025)
- SEND Local Offer Annual Report 2025 to 2026
- Quality Assurance Protocol for Specialist and Alternative Provisions (September 2025)
- Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Strategy Launch - Frequently Asked Questions
- Terms of Reference
- Terms of Reference (SEND Operational Group)
- Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Youth Forum Terms of Reference
- Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP) and SEN Units Policy 2025
- Stockton-on-Tees Local Area SEND and Alternative Provision Strategy Delivery Plan - November 2025 to December 2026
- Education Other Than At School (EOTAS)
- Annual Review of an Education Health and Care Plan
- SEND Reform Consultation 2026
- Co-production Charter - Foundations of Working Together
- Quality Assurance Framework - Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP)
Local Offer Statutory Duty
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 2 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.
