Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: SEND Improvement

Forward Plan Ref: 2023/261

Contact: Anne Coyle, Interim Director for Children’s Services

Anne.coyle@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Interim Director of Children’s Services.

The Committee is RECOMMENDED to

a)    Note the report of His Majesty’s Chief Inspectorate;

b)  Note the indicative action plan, development process and proposed governance

Recommendations approved.

Cabinet had before it a report presenting the findings of an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) regarding the planning and commissioning of services for children and young people with SEND in Oxfordshire.  The inspection had taken place between 13 July 2023 and 21 July 2023 and the report was published on 15 September 2023.

The County Council was jointly responsible with the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) for the planning and commissioning of services for children and young people with SEND in Oxfordshire.

The inspection’s outcome was that “There are widespread and/or systemic failings leading to significant concerns about the experiences and outcomes of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), which the local area partnership must address urgently.” The Council had unequivocally accepted the report as had its partners

Councillor Kate Gregory, Cabinet Member for SEND Improvement, presented the report. She referred, in particular, to the priority action plan which has been developed in response to the inspection report.

Councillor Gregory moved and Councillor Sudbury seconded the recommendations, and they were approved.

RESOLVED to:-

a)    note the report of His Majesty’s Chief Inspectorate;

b)    note the indicative action plan development process and proposed governance