The Department for Education (DfE) has published new guidance which will become effective across England from August 2024.

This is the time to check that your child’s school has applied for those arrangements, if your child will be sitting GCSE’s, A-Levels, Key Stage 1 assessment or Key Stage 2 SATS.

We know that the school offer process may be followed by lots of questions or concerns. We have gathered some useful links and information that may be of help to you.

Thank you to all those who took part in our listening event. It was really a helpful event in which we heard from families at all different stages of their journey and received invaluable information which will be fed back in the Neurodiversity Transformation Project

Back in September, we conducted two surveys for our community: one on Attendance in Education and the other on Short Breaks and childcare services. The results have now been published on our website.

The BNSSG ICB is currently undertaking a Neurodiversity Transformation project that will inform a future model to support children and young people with Neurodiverse needs. Incorporating the views and experience of children and young people, parent carers, and system partners is vital to the success of this project.

The knock-on effects of Covid-19 on children and young people’s education are still a challenge that families and education settings are battling with today. One being the issue around attendance, and more specifically, children and young people with difficulty attending school due to mental health - also known as Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA).

For the last three years we have been comparing data for children who receive SEN Support, which is those children who do not have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). This report compares those findings.

Last October we sent the parent carers of our community a survey to complete about how their child’s needs are being met in school.

In response to posts on our closed Community Facebook group, there have been lots of questions around Banding, funding and use of 121 TAs in school.

Families have been raising their concerns about the future of Chipping Sodbury Access Centre

April 2022

You may or may not have heard of school clusters. Here we show the latest schools clusters to help you see which school/setting belongs to each cluster.