SEND and Inclusion Strategy 2025 to 2030

Learn about the governance, impact, and outcomes.

The SEND Partnership Board provides multi-agency governance of SEND in Buckinghamshire. Its aim is to drive change and improvement. The Board has ownership of this strategy. It has a critical role in scrutinising and challenging the progress made against its priorities.

The Board ensures:

1. there is a collaborative approach to understanding local need,
2. and the delivery of services for children and young people with SEND and their families.

The Board sits within a broader governance structure across Buckinghamshire Council and the Integrated Care Board. See the structure in the diagram below.

Two key measures will show if the strategy is working to help young people with SEND move successfully into adulthood. If these are met, it means they’ve had the right support from education, health, and care services to reach their goals and take part in their communities.

1. Young people (EHCP and SEN support) meet their educational goals. These include attainment 8, or awards/qualifications appropriate to their needs/strengths. They continue to achieve above the national average.
2. Increase in the percentage of young people who transition to an appropriate destination at post-16 phase transfer, or when the EHCP is ceased. For example, further education/higher education, employment, and training.

The SEND Partnership Board will monitor these and the wider impact of this strategy using the following tools:

• The Children and Young People’s Impact and Outcomes Framework. This is aligned to our priorities. It aims to triangulate quantitative and qualitative information. This is so we can understand the difference any changes have made to the experience of children and young people (CYP) with SEND, and their families.
• The Local Area Outcomes Dashboard/Report. This will measure KPIs that tell us how well services are performing to meet CYPs' needs.
• Children and young people with SEND have helped us to identify what good would look like. Their feedback is integral to measuring progress. We have used their direct quotes to shape the success measures for each priority.