Agenda item

This Council notes that:

 

·        Since the change in legislation regarding Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in 2014 the partners delivering provision within the overall system have seen a reduction in resources, spiralling demand, a pandemic and major recruitment issues.

·        Academisation of our Schools has added to the complexity. In Oxfordshire all but one of our Secondary Schools are Academies and over half out Primaries Schools are Academies.

·        In Oxfordshire all schools struggle financially.

·        The Local Area Partnership inspection and similar inspections across the Country identified “systemic failures” across the whole system and families Children and practitioners are currently suffering.

·        The System in England is £3.4bn in deficit in Oxfordshire this will amount to over £50m by March 2024.

 

45 years ago the The Warnock Report set out the expectations for the system and SEND Delivery framework. It is time for another such report.

 

This Council asks the Leader to write to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Education requesting them to set up a Commission urgently to consider the current needs, resources and systemic change which is needed to reform the System in order to support Children and Young People with SEND.

 

Councillor Liz Brighouse moved and Councillor Charlie Hicks seconded the following motion:

 

“This Council notes that:

 

·       Since the change in legislation regarding Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in 2014 the partners delivering provision within the overall system have seen a reduction in resources, spiralling demand, a pandemic and major recruitment issues.

·       Academisation of our Schools has added to the complexity. In Oxfordshire all but one of our Secondary Schools are Academies and over half out Primaries Schools are Academies.

·       In Oxfordshire all schools struggle financially.

·       The Local Area Partnership inspection and similar inspections across the Country identified “systemic failures” across the whole system and families Children and practitioners are currently suffering.

·       The System in England is £3.4bn in deficit in Oxfordshire this will amount to over £50m by March 2024.

 

45 years ago the The Warnock Report set out the expectations for the system and SEND Delivery framework. It is time for another such report.

 

This Council asks the Leader to write to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Education requesting them to set up a Commission urgently to consider the current needs, resources and systemic change which is needed to reform the System in order to support Children and Young People with SEND.”

 

Councillor Eddie Reeves moved and Councillor Nigel Simpson seconded the following amendment:

 

“This Council notes that:

 

·        Since the changes in legislation regarding Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in 2014 under the Coalition Government, the partners delivering provision within the overall system have seen a reduction in resources, relative to the spiralling demand for its services, together with an unprecedented pandemic and major persistent recruitment issues that are widely shared across the developed world.

·        Academisation of our Sschools has added to the complexity. In Oxfordshire, all but one of our Ssecondary Sschools are Aacademies and over half of ourt Pprimaries Schools are Aacademies.

·        In Oxfordshire, all schools have struggled financially, given the country’s fiscal and policy challenges.

·        The Local Area Partnership inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission and similar inspections across the Country identified “widespread and/or systemic failures” across the whole system in local services, with “too many children” not receiving “the right help until they are close to crisis” and families Children and practitioners are currently suffering.

·        All parties locally have acknowledged that Tthe Ssystem in England is c. £3.4bn in deficit. iIn Oxfordshire, this will amounts to over c. £50m by March 2024.

 

45 years ago, the The Warnock Report set out the expectations for the system and SEND Ddelivery framework. It is time for another such report.

 

This Council asks the Leader to write to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Education requesting them to set up a Commission urgently

·       to consider the current needs, resources and systemic changes which is that are needed required to reform the Ssystem in order to better support Children and Young People with SEND and

·       urgently invest in research to better understand why as a society demand for services is rising so rapidly.“

 

The proposers did not accept the amendment

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Following debate Councillor Bartholomew moved and Councillor Fenton seconded that the question be put. The motion was carried with 37 votes in favour, 7 against and no abstentions.

 

The amendment was carried by 45 votes to 13 with no abstentions.

 

Following further debate the motion, as amended, was carried unanimously (58 in favour, 0 against, 0 abstentions).

 

RESOLVED (unanimously):

This Council notes that:

 

·        Since the changes in legislation regarding Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in 2014 under the Coalition Government, the partners delivering provision within the overall system have seen a reduction in resources, relative to the spiralling demand for its services, together with an unprecedented pandemic and major persistent recruitment issues that are widely shared across the developed world.

·        Academisation of our Sschools has added to the complexity. In Oxfordshire, all but one of our Ssecondary Sschools are Aacademies and over half of ourt Pprimaries Schools are Aacademies.

·        In Oxfordshire, all schools have struggled financially, given the country’s fiscal and policy challenges.

·        The Local Area Partnership inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission and similar inspections across the Country identified “widespread and/or systemic failures” across the whole system in local services, with “too many children” not receiving “the right help until they are close to crisis” and families Children and practitioners are currently suffering.

·        All parties locally have acknowledged that Tthe Ssystem in England is c. £3.4bn in deficit. iIn Oxfordshire, this will amounts to over c. £50m by March 2024.

 

45 years ago, the The Warnock Report set out the expectations for the system and SEND Ddelivery framework. It is time for another such report.

 

This Council asks the Leader to write to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Education requesting them to set up a Commission urgently

·       to consider the current needs, resources and systemic changes which is that are needed required to reform the Ssystem in order to better support Children and Young People with SEND and

·       urgently invest in research to better understand why as a society demand for services is rising so rapidly.