Issue details

The executive report for the forward plan for York’s Inclusion and Belonging Special Educational Needs and Alternative Provision Strategy 2025-2030, will set out York’s Education, Health and Care strategic priorities and actions to improve the lived experience for children and young people and their families.
This strategy remains flexible and can adapt to anticipated National reforms from Autumn 2025 with a strong focus on supporting children and young people in their local mainstream school.

The strategy focuses on making sure our children and young people feel that they are valued and visible, around early identification and intervention, providing the right support at the right time, and ensuring children and young people are well-prepared for adulthood. The plan also addresses the need for a confident and skilled workforce and improved mental health support.

This strategy also includes a focus on children and young people who are not in school, who are educated at home, who are in alternative provision, or at risk of exclusion.

The first phase of the 5-year strategy will focus on consistency of inclusive practice in settings, improving the York Local offer and getting information out to families, it also aims to address the support needed for those children and young people who may be waiting for a neurodevelopment diagnosis. The implementation of the SEND hub in York will be a key milestone in the first phase.

There will be an action plan that drives this work forward with the governance of implementation through the SEND Partnership Board.

The Executive/ will be asked to approve the York Inclusion and Belonging Special Educational Needs and Alternative Provision Strategy 2025 to 2030.