Kirklees Parent/Carers - Support within education for children with SEN

Kirklees Council would like to know more about your experience of support within education and opportunities for the future

Kirklees Council and PCAN have previously worked with a number of parents, carers and families who have children and young people with additional needs to understand their experiences of the SEND system and local services. Previous work has included the high needs review, what early help looks like in Kirklees and the current behaviour survey.

Kirklees Council are working on improvements to the local system, but Kirklees Council recognise that there are still gaps in our knowledge. As a result, Kirklees Council are now undertaking further work to understand more about your experiences of the SEND system with a focus on:

• Education including support for children/young people with SEN support and with EHCPs across mainstream and special education settings;

• Fixed term and permanent exclusions;

• Early years education;

• Transitions to school/between schools/school to college

Kirklees Council would like to work together with parents and carers to identify ideas and opportunities to improve the support offered to children and young people aged up to 25.

Kirklees Council are working in partnership with a public sector consultancy called IMPOWER, as well as working with PCAN, to deliver and facilitate this session. The experiences, ideas and opportunities identified within the workshop will be brought together with other work the Council are undertaking to help shape local support to improve the outcomes of local children and young people with special educational needs.