SEND is Everybody’s Business
A strategy to provide inclusion for children and young people aged 0-25 with special educational needs and disabilities in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
The strategy sets out our vision, principles and priorities to ensure that we are working together effectively to identify and meet the needs of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) from birth to the age of 25.
We want all young people to:
Dream big – Achieve well – Have choice – Control – Lead happy and fulfilled lives.
The three priorities which have been identified to achieve this are:
- SEND is everybody’s business – embedding the vision of the SEND Strategy into the practice of everyone who works with children and families in ways that strengthen families
- Identify and respond to needs early – a holistic and joined up early identification of and graduated response to needs
- Deliver in the right place at the right time – improving outcomes for children and young people through making best use of resources, ensuring a graduated response and high quality local support and provision
Our commitment is that everybody can be:
Aspirational – Confident – Healthy – Included – Respected – Safe – Successful
Through this joint strategy we want to make SEND everybody’s business. The work is led by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough SEND Executive Board. This is the local partnership that brings together organisations and parent carer forums responsible for services and support for children, young people and families in a shared commitment to achieving our vision.It will be supported by an action plan that will set out in more detail how we will do this.