Nottinghamshire local area special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) self-evaluation framework (2024)

Nottinghamshire local area SEND Partnership brings together the organisations from across education, health, care, and the voluntary sector, that provide services to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND in Nottinghamshire. Our local area partnership involves two large organisations, Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB). As a partnership, we are passionate about improving experiences and outcomes for children with SEND and their families in Nottinghamshire. Our vision is underpinned in our new outcomes-based strategy for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in Nottinghamshire 2024-2027.

The SEND self-evaluation framework (SEF) [PDF] uses the 11 evaluative criteria provided under the national local area SEND inspection framework as a structure. We aim to use this SEF document as a key driver for strategic planning and decision making across our local area partnership. It will be a working document, regularly updated to facilitate a collaborative understanding of our progress, challenges and priorities.

For each self-evaluation criteria, we have asked ourselves:

• What do you know about the impact of your arrangements for children and young people with SEND?
• How do you know what impact your arrangements for children and young people with SEND are having?
• What are your plans for the next 12 months to improve the experiences and outcomes of children and young people with SEND?