The Local Area SEND Partnership Board is responsible for setting the strategic vision for delivery of support and services for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability.

Specific Aims

• To provide clear governance and accountability for SEND and alternative provision.

• To enable senior leaders across the local area to know who our children and young people with SEND are.

• To understand the needs of the more vulnerable cohorts of children with SEND, that this is shared and understood across the system.

• To understand the difference we are making for children and young people with SEND and where there are gaps in provision or outcomes that need focused attention.

• To ensure the voices and views of children and young people, parents and carers are shaping individual plans and support the strategic ambition of the local area.

• To build on best practice, thereby enabling schools and setting to support children with SEN and SEND effectively.

• To understand the quality of delivery and outcomes for children in alternative provision.

• To enable successful preparation for and transition to adulthood.

• To oversee a quality assurance framework that supports the whole system to understand their roles and what ‘good’ looks like.

• To promote positive communications across and within the local system. Accountability and Reporting Accountability The Local Area SEND Partnership Board is accountable to the Wirral Place Based Partnership Board.