On March 16th, we wrote to the ICB to express your concerns and share your feedback. We are now waiting for an official response from the ICB. Families passionately believe that needs-based support should not come at the expense of a referral and potential diagnoses for those that seek it.

Parent Carer Forums in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) share the next steps in light of recently announced changes to Autism assessment and paediatric services.

The 3 Parent Carer Forums across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire respond to the recently announced changes that narrow the referral criteria for children and young people to obtain an Autism diagnosis.

Health services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) have recently announced that they are implementing changes to the referral criteria for children and young people to obtain an Autism diagnosis. Sirona have provided information for those affected.

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.

November 2022

We’d love to hear your feedback on how it’s working for your family. The more feedback we receive – good or bad the better we can help to shape future provision.

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.

June 2022

The council wrote to schools last week asking for School Heads and Leaders to share the following letters to all Parent Carers regarding proposed changes on supporting children with special educational needs.

May 2022

You may or may not have heard about the SEND review or SEND green paper in the news or across social media.

March 2022

This position statement has been written to share with our community and to update you regarding our involvement with the revision of top-up funding for Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP).

The information in this report was compiled from an online survey completed by parent carers between 4th October and 8th November 2021.

October 2022

We are inviting Parent Carers of any child with SEN (no diagnosis necessary), who does not currently have an EHCP, to feedback on the support their child has been receiving at their educational setting.