This summer, two online surveys were undertaken of young people identifying with additional needs aged 12 to 29 in Birmingham. One survey was for young people aged 12 to 18 still at school or college, and the other was for young adults aged 18 to 29. The purpose of the surveys was to ask young…

We are delighted that the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Local Area Partnership (Birmingham City Council, Birmingham ICS (NHS), Birmingham Children’s Trust, Parent Carer Forum and RISE Youth Group) has now published a Co-Production Framework and Charter (or Agreement) in response to the Ofsted revisit last year. Thank you very much to all those…

We are really pleased to announce that a permanent Director for SEND and Inclusion has been appointed. Helen Ellis, currently Service Director Education, SEND and Family Solutions at Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, will take up the role in November. This continues the recruitment of permanent senior management roles to improve and stabilise the SEND service….

Please find a link to an Open Letter from the Birmingham Parent Carer Forum and the Local Authority response. Open Letter from the Birmingham Parent Carer Forum Response from the Local Authority

SEND Art Competition – What are you like? We are running an art competition over the summer holiday to get children and young people with additional needs in the creative mood and showcasing their lives. We are looking for images created by children and young people of themselves, their families, their friends and their interests….

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SURVEY OF SEND SERVICES – HAVE YOUR SAY As part of our work to improve the SEND service offering in Birmingham, we are asking children and young people with additional needs about their experiences of SEND services. We appreciate that it is a very busy time of year, but would be…