Issue - meetings
Response to consultation on Gateshead's Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Strategy
Meeting: 20/07/2017 - Council (Item 37)
PDF 111 KBReport of the Service Director, Early Help, Care, Wellbeing and Learning
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Consideration was given to a report informing of the findings from a consultation exercise on the draft Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Strategy and seeking approval of the final strategy.
COUNCIL RESOLVED - That the SEND Strategy and the key areas for
action outlined in the report, together with its publication, be approved.
Meeting: 18/07/2017 - Cabinet (Item 40)
Report of the Service Director, Early Help, Care, Wellbeing and Learning
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Consideration has been given to the responses to the consultation exercise on the draft SEND Strategy and to recommending the Council to approve the final Strategy. |
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That the responses received to the consultation be noted. |
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That the Council be recommended to approve the SEND Strategy and the key areas for action outlined in it as set out in appendix 2 to the report, together with its publication. |
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The above decisions have been made for the following reasons: |
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The SEND Strategy provides leaders and practitioners working with children and young people with SEND with information that will enable them to better understand the current context around children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and how the Council will work in partnership with key commissioning and delivery partners to meet those needs through the various strategic planning and working groups already in operation. |
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To aid the Council in meeting its statutory responsibilities for children, young people with SEND and their families as set out in the SEND Code of Practice (0-25 years) and Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014. |