Following the Ofsted and Care Quality Commission Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) inspection in Feb/March 2022, Buckinghamshire was required to submit an action plan to address 3 areas of significant weakness identified by the inspection team. These areas relate to therapies, community paediatrics and the neuro developmental pathway for children and young people with ADHD and ASD.

A multi-agency group pulled together the action plan following a series of stakeholder workshops held during June and July. These were well attended by health, education and social care professionals as well as by voluntary and community sector and parent/carer representatives. 

The action plan, known as a “Written Statement of Action”, was approved by Ofsted in late August 2022 and can be found here: Written Statement of Action. We will be meeting regularly with the Department for Education and NHS England as we implement the plan.

The Written Statement of Action is part of our wider SEND improvement programme and sits alongside some other priority areas for improvement, for example, how we support young people with SEND to prepare for adulthood. Further details on the wider SEND improvement programme can be found here: Local SEND Improvement | Family Information Service (buckinghamshire.gov.uk)