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Special Educational Needs and Disability and Alternative Provision Strategy - 2024 - 2027

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This consultation has closed

We want to hear from you regarding our proposed Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Strategy.

The overarching aim of this strategy is to set out how we will maintain or improve the experiences and outcomes for children and young people with SEND or who are educated in Alternative Provision and their families.

This refreshed draft SEND and AP Strategy has been coproduced with stakeholders across our local area who are part of our SEND and AP Strategic Board. This board comprises stakeholders from across the local area including parents, who are all committed to improving

We want to hear from you regarding our proposed Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Strategy.

The overarching aim of this strategy is to set out how we will maintain or improve the experiences and outcomes for children and young people with SEND or who are educated in Alternative Provision and their families.

This refreshed draft SEND and AP Strategy has been coproduced with stakeholders across our local area who are part of our SEND and AP Strategic Board. This board comprises stakeholders from across the local area including parents, who are all committed to improving the experiences, provision and outcomes for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and or Disability, or who are educated in Alternative Provision (AP) and their families. Our thanks to all those who gave feedback and made comments in the shaping of this strategy at every stage, particularly those children and young people with SEND or educated in AP.

The strategy provides information:

  • in relation to our statistics (these will be further updated before the strategy is finalised when the national statistics are published)
  • on our last Area SEND inspection and the actions we have taken since then
  • our strengths
  • our priority areas for action including details of how and when we will achieve them.

Please take the time to read our summary document that provides information on the strategy’s vision, aims,and priorities or you can read the full draft strategy.

Your views are important to us

We want to hear your views on our proposals. We want to hear from all residents, but in particular

  • our children and young people who have SEND and their parent(s) or carer(s)
  • education, health and care professionals.

How to have your say:

Complete our online questionnaire

We are keen to hear your views on our proposals and encourage you to have your say by completing our online questionnaire.

If you would like to request a paper questionnaire or another format, please:

  • email Nick Burr on nick.burr@barnet.gov.uk
  • telephone 020 8359 7288
  • write to: Nick Burr, Social Media and Communications Officer (BELS), London Borough of Barnet, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London, NW9 4EW.

If you would like someone to help you complete the questionnaire or need more information, please contact us using one of the above methods.

What happens after the consultation closes?

The council will use the consultation findings to inform our final decision. We will publish the results of the consultation, our decision and how we are acting on the results of the consultation on this web page in September 2024.

This consultation has closed

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    We asked

    Thank you to all those who took the time to feedback – we know how busy you are, and it is appreciated.

    We asked for your views on our proposed Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Strategy. The overarching aim of this strategy is to set out how we will maintain or improve the experiences and outcomes for children and young people with SEND or who are educated in Alternative Provision and their families.


    You said

    31 residents (most of whom were Barnet families with children with SEND who are educated within our borough), responded to the consultation, although not all responded to or commented on, every question.

    86% of respondents supported the Vision and 84% supported the Aims our SEND and AP Strategy.

    Whilst the vast majority of respondents supported our aims, vison as well as the priorities, there was some concern that we would not achieve these. We rightly have high ambitions for our children and young people, but also know change does not happen overnight. To hold ourselves accountable, as well as to promote transparency, we will publish an annual report on our local offer outlining our progress in terms of the actions we have taken each year.


    We did

    We have made changes to the strategy based on your views. In addition, all of your feedback informs our planning for children and young people with SEND or who are educated in Alternative Provision.

    You can view a summary of the analysis of the SEND and AP Strategy and some of the key points that were raised.