SEND Transformation Board 2022 - March 2024

This Board has now ceased. Please see Local Area SEND Partnership Board for up to date information.

A SEND Transformation Board has been set up to ensure that the Local Area improves its services for children and young people with SEND. The Board will oversee the Written Statement of Action (WSoA) and all the work it contains.

Members of the SEND Transformation Board are:

Chair Simone White, Director, Children, Families & Education, Wirral Council
Deputy Chair Elizabeth Hartley, Assistant Director, Early Help and Prevention, Wirral Council
Place Director Simon Banks, Place Director (Wirral)
PCPW Chair Cath Griffiths, Chair of the Parent Carer Partnership Wirral
PCPW Rep Lisa O’Boyle, Parent Carer Partnership Wirral representative
Workstream 1 Lead Jason Oxley, Assistant Director, Care and Health and Commissioning for People, Wirral Council
Workstream 2 Lead Carly Brown, Assistant Director, Strategy and Partnerships, Wirral Council
Workstream 3 Lead Elizabeth Hartley, Assistant Director, Early Help and Prevention, Wirral Council
Workstream 4 Lead James Backhouse, Assistant Director, Education, Wirral Council
Workstream 5 Lead Lorna Quigley, Director of Quality and Safety (Chief Nurse) Wirral CCG
Workstream 6 Lead Keith Billington, Supporting Families Information Desk Manager, Wirral Council
Interim Head of SEND Adrian Leach

The Department for Education Advisor and CQC Advisor will be invited to attend meetings as observers.

To find out more about the SEND Transformation Board, how it works, what it will do, and who it reports to, please read the Terms of Reference and Governance Arrangements

Download SEND Transformation Board Governance

The SEND Transformation Board will meet on the following dates: