Education reforms and Special Educational Needs Disability reforms
We want to hear your views on changes proposed by the Government.
The Government has published a White Paper setting out a vision for schools and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reform to support every child to achieve and thrive.
The Local Area Partnership for SEND in Bexley is submitting a response to this in May and must submit a plan in June to implement these changes.
Your views will help form our response to government and our plan to make these changes.
Proposed changes to the schools:
•Streamlining current education funding.
•All schools to be part of Trusts.
•A new Pupil Engagement Framework to monitor pupils sense of belonging and engagement.
•New national curriculum from 2028.
•New Enrichment Framework for all pupils.
•New Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) teams designed to support schools identified as needing improvement based on Ofsted reports.
•AI tutoring tools for secondary pupils to compliment face-to-face teaching.
•Guidance and minimum expectations for home-school communication.
•Data-Driven School Improvement.
•Changes to pay, terms and conditions for school teachers and leaders.
Proposed changes to SEND provision:
•A simple, logical system to meet the needs of all children and young people with SEND.
•Support in every school including high-quality adaptive teaching, calm environments and early help when needed.
•Three further levels of support: Targeted, Targeted Plus and Specialist.
•Schools to create an Individual Support Plan for every child with SEND. (Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) will stay in place for children who need more support than is routinely available in mainstream schools.)
•A national digital EHCP.
•Children currently in Year 2 or below will have their EHCP reassessed when they move to secondary school. (Everyone else will keep their current EHCP until at least 16.)
•Additional funding so every school, college and nursery will train their staff to adapt their teaching for children with SEND.
•Every secondary school with have an inclusion base (a dedicated space in a mainstream school that can offer specialist teaching and targeted support). They will be flexible spaces that service different levels of need.
•60,000 new specialist places in schools, colleges and nurseries.
•Children in schools who need support from specialists will be supported via a new programme called “ Experts at Hand”.
Below are some links to the White Paper, SEND reforms, easy read version and a British Sign Language (BSL) version of the reforms.
The White Paper - Every child is achieving and thriving
The Government's Consultation on SEND reform
Phases
Consultation
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