Special Educational Needs (SEN) Strategy

Norfolk County Council Children’s Services is setting out plans for SEN provision for 2007 – 2015. We have worked closely with a range of different people who both provide and receive children’s services in Norfolk, and have used our experience of what works well for children and young people to do this. The strategy plans have been developed from detailed discussions across Norfolk through the SEN Review carried out in 2005, formal consultations carried out in 2006 and 2007 and ongoing liaison with special schools, mainstream schools, Children’s Services professionals, reference groups and individuals interested in SEN.

We will report the results of our current feasibility studies and an outline implementation plan to County Councillors. These reports to Councillors can be viewed online seven days prior to each of the following meetings:

§ Friday 18 July 2008 Children’s Services Review Panel

(Please note that the date has changed from 16 July due to scheduled industrial action)

Click here to go straight to the full report “Results of the Feasibility Studies on the Location of Complex Needs Schools & Specialist Resource Bases” (will contain links to the relevant appendices).

Click here to go straight to Appendix 2 “Location Maps” which provides information on the proposed locations of specialist provision and funded places.

§ Tuesday 29 July 2008 Cabinet Scrutiny Committee

Click here to go straight to the full report to Cabinet Scrutiny “Results of the Feasibility Studies on the Location of Complex Needs Schools & Specialist Resource Bases” (will contain links to the relevant appendices).

§ Monday 11 August 2008 Cabinet

All reports and appendices are available at www.norfolk.gov.uk/committees