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Find the latest updates about services for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

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What we're doing to improve our local area partnership SEND services - February update

The local area partnership continues to work through the Priority Action Plan and SEND Improvement Plan following the outcome of the 2024 Ofsted and CQC inspection. 

We’d like to direct you to this page of the SEND Local Offer website where we share monthly updates about the SEND improvement programme: What we’re doing to improve our local area partnership SEND services.

Updates for February include:

  • welcome from our new Independent Chair, Jane Friswell
  • workshops, training and support for parent carers, young people and professionals
  • £30.1 million additional funding for SEND provision
  • consultation on adult respite care

What we’re doing to improve our local area partnership SEND services - January update

Here you will find some key updates on what the local area partnership has been working on during December and January. Read more about these updates here: What we’re doing to improve our local area partnership SEND services.

Updates include:

  • ‘Deep dive’ feedback – an update about our improvement journey
  • Independent Chair recruitment
  • Coproduction with children and young people
  • support while waiting for your health appointment
  • greater education choice for young adults

Claines CE Primary School

Claines CE Primary School is set to transform an underused part of the building into a dedicated space to support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The current lobby and visitor entrance will become part of the SEND area, which will feature two classrooms and a sensory room. 

Read more on the Worcester News website: Claines Primary School gets go-ahead for new SEND area | Worcester News

Published January 2025

All-Age Disability Directorate staffing structure

To keep our SEND families informed we regularly update the SEND team information in the document below to reflect any changes.

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September 2024 – August 2025 payment schedule for Personal Education Budgets (PEB) via Direct Payment

The payment schedule for Personal Education Budgets for this school year has been published on the SEN Personal Budgets page of the SEND Local Offer.

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