Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have published their final report from their programme of interim visits to local areas.

The DfE SEND team have issued this update regarding the continuation of the extension of the SEND Tribunal powers which were part of the...

The report looks at the experience of Autistic MH inpatients and makes recommendations for changes that providers of CAMHS inpatient service

Improving the lives of autistic people is the focus of a new multi-million pound strategy launched by the government today.

Parents are still struggling with issues surrounding their children’s school transport arrangements in England...

The government has unveiled its £1.6bn strategy to improve the lives of disabled people, but Contact believes that families with disabled...

Click the link here to read the SEND Vision from Waltam Forest.

Waltham Forest Council outlines its aspiration to become an autism-friendly borough to improve the lives of up to 3,000 autistic residents.

From 1st August we have a new Mediation/Disagreement Resolution Service in the borough:

Amarjit Chauhan will be the new Short Breaks Officer from 2nd August 2021.

The SEND team at Wood St have been reorganising how SEND officers will be allocated to children with EHCs.

The Twilight Sessions are for parents to come and talk to the service about any concerns that they have about the EHCP.

To find out more about more about the consultation for high needs block funding bands please click the link for the January 2020 update.

NNPCF Submission to SEND Review http://www.nnpcf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/SEND-Review-Conference-write-up-20191129.pdf

Eighteen months ago, the House of Commons Education Select Committee launched a formal inquiry into SEND. The Committee made up of 11 MPs...

Please click on the link to find out the outcomes to the Local Area Inspection Revisit:

Ofsted & CQC Revisit Announced - March 2019

Here is the link to the Children's Services Inspection that took place in March 2019. Click the link below: https://files.api.ofsted.gov....

Here is the PDF for the Written Statement of Action following the local inspection in 2017:

Review the SEND Inspection outcomes for Waltham Forest. This update was created in January 2017: