To consider the revised SEND Strategy
incorporating the Safety Valve agreement with the DfE and recent
changes to the SEND Local Area Inspection Framework.
Decision type: Key
Decision status: For Determination
Notice of proposed decision first published: 20/12/2023
Decision due: 31 Oct 2024 by Executive
Lead member: Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Children's Services - Prue Bray
Lead director: Director, Children's Services - Emma Cockerell
Department: Education and SEND
Contact: Jonathan Wilding Email: jonathan.wilding@wokingham.gov.uk.
Reference Number: WBC 1411
Reason For Consideration: SEND remains a critically important issue for the local authority for two reasons: 1. The Council has significant responsibility for ensuring the best possible life outcomes for the area’s most vulnerable children and young people. 2. SEND remains an area of financial vulnerability and risk for the Council with significant overspending in the high needs block impacting both on the Dedicated Schools Grant as well as on the area’s wider finances in terms of the Council’s general funds.