Update on key strategic activity and next steps
In March 2023 the Southend-on-Sea Local Area Partnership was subject to a focussed Area SEND inspection from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
The inspection found that “The local area partnership's arrangements lead to inconsistent experiences and outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The local area partnership must work jointly to make improvements".
In July 2023 the partnership produced and published a single strategic action plan in response to the inspection outcome which focussed on 6 recommendations. The action plan set out the local area's plans to jointly deliver its priorities and improvements against these recommendations.
In May 2024 we produced a summary on the first year of delivery of the strategic area action plan, showing the key activity and impact.
These pages provide a further update and confirms the refocussed priorities for 2024-25.