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The Department for Education approves Central Bedfordshire’s local area Accelerated Progress Plan to further improve SEND Services

Yesterday, Tuesday 31st January 2023, the Department for Education has officially approved Central Bedfordshire’s local area SEND Accelerated Progress Plan off the back of the Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) revisit in July 2022.   The Accelerated Progress Plan is designed to show progress against…

An update on how we are improving our approach to school attendance for children with complex needs

We have been reviewing our approach to school attendance when a child has a diagnosed, or an undiagnosed medical or special educational need. Over the summer term, we worked with SEND and education experts to review and develop new approaches. The experts have been working…

National Co-production Week 2022

Central Bedfordshire’s SEND Co-Production Charter was launched in July 2021, developed in partnership with SNAP Parent Carer Forum, and feedback from over 35 parents/carers, 145 young people with SEND from 17 schools and settings, and professionals from health and social care services.  This year, as part…

Share your views on SEND and Alternate Provision reforms

The SEND and AP green paper consultation deadline has been extended to close on 22 July.   Now is the time to reflect on the proposals and share your response before it’s too late.  Resources are available to help you understand the proposals, these can be…

New mental health inpatient unit for children and young people due to open later this year

A new mental health inpatient unit for children and young people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes is set to open before the end of 2022. Funding has been awarded to the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care System (BLMK ICS), which will establish,…

Improving our approach to school attendance for children with complex needs

We know there are issues in relation to school attendance for children with complex needs. We have been working on this for some time and we want to update you on progress. We recognise we have more to do where a child may be struggling…

Data Breach

Following the data breach we have contacted all parents/carers to offer our apologies. Some parents/carers may wish to explain this to their children and extend our apologies to them.  One of our parents Julia Simmons-Collar has kindly developed some resources to support these discussions.  We…