The Department for Education’s Delivering Better Value (DBV) in SEND programme aims to support local authorities and their partners to improve the delivery of SEND services for children and young people whilst working towards financial sustainability.

In August 2023, the local area began their grant application to the Department of Education (DofE) for the Delivering Better Value (DBV).

The grant application process involved a thorough analysis of the local area. Professionals from education, health, and social care participated. So did parents/carers and young people. Their goal was to find the real constraints in the system. They would then see how these constraints affected outcomes for SEND CYP.

The grant application received approval in March 2024.

The DBV programme is now embedded throughout Buckinghamshire’s Strategic Delivery Plan.

The information-gathering processes that took place during the grant application for DBV have directly informed the four workstreams within Buckinghamshire’s Strategic Delivery Plan. These four workstreams focus on delivering better outcomes for CYP with SEND alongside the DBV grant.