The thoughts and views raised by our families have produced many important points for consideration and which the Local Authority found very helpful.

Updates from the parent carer engagement events in July 2024 to share the latest developments.

The PINS project is entering the second stage, find out how to get involved.

Has your child accessed any short breaks provision such as: Brandon Trust, Special Friends Club, FACE, WECIL, Sense etc. over the last five years?

Updates from the parent carer engagement events in July 2024 to share the latest developments to the Neurodiversity Transformation Project.

The Neurodiversity Transformation Project was born out of changes across Health since last March 2023. The transformation project was created to co-ordinate this review and is led by the ICB and co-chaired by the three Parent Carer Forums (PCF) across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG).

Forty primary schools across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire will be part of a new Project called “Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools” or PINS for short, 13 of these schools are in South Gloucestershire.

The inspectors will select up to 6 children and young people with SEND to be involved in Tracking Meetings. Tracking meetings are an opportunity for inspectors to hear directly about children and young people’s experiences and outcomes.

The only people able to say how SEND services are working across South Gloucestershire are those who experience it every day! When the inspection starts in South Gloucestershire, OFSTED and the CQC will want to hear your feedback, which they will use to direct their areas of enquiry with the local authority.

The services across South Gloucestershire are due to have a Local Area Inspection. We do not know the date for this as the inspections happen with no prior warning. We will be sharing information with you over the coming weeks about what the inspection involves, and there will be a survey that you can take part in to have your say on the local SEND services - your voice will be a crucial part of the inspection and will be used to decide what areas the inspectors look at.

Using the information from last November's Discovery conference a data pack was shared with stakeholders to help support the discussions with a view to collectively create ideas to help solve the problems.

Our 360° Outreach project supports schools and families working together to build a picture of the “whole child” and better understand the child’s needs.

Find out about the workshops and coffee support sessions for families and staff in participating schools in Term 5.