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We have created a page to provide service updates and useful resources relating to SEND.
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We want to hear from children and young people with SEND!
The Children's Services Department are really interested in the views and experience of children and young people with SEND, as this helps us to have the right services for you! We have a new SEND Children and Young People's page, where you can find out how you can get involved and read our new Youth Inclusive newsletter!
We also have some surveys so you can tell us about your experience during lockdown. You can find the surveys via the link - we would love to hear from you!
The Local Offer provides information about services that children, young people and their families can expect from a range of local agencies. Knowing what is out there gives you more choice and therefore more control over what support is right for you. What is a ‘Local Offer'?
We are continually reviewing and developing the Local Offer and would welcome your feedback. Please complete our short survey or contact us. For examples of how your feedback has previously been used to develop the website, please follow this link.
Did you know you can download the Local Offer as an icon on your phone?
Resources about healthy relationships launched for children and young people with SEND
New resources developed by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) aim to support children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) understand their emotions, relationships and identity. The 'Love Life' resources combine video drama with suggestions for… Read more >
Extension of the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Tribunal Trial
The Government has extended its two-year Trial of increased powers for the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Tribunal so that it is now due to end at the end of August 2020. This means that the Tribunal will continue to hear appeals relating to… Read more >
Launch event of the Bi-borough Sensory Support Team
Thursday the 10th October saw the launch of the new Bi-Borough Sensory Support Team for the boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster. The new Bi-Borough Sensory Support Team is the result of planning and talking to families and professionals. The team is made up… Read more >
A trailblazer to improve mental health provision in schools
This World Mental Health Day, we turn our spotlight on the exciting trailblazer project currently underway in Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea to bring children and young people (aged 5-25 years) who attend local schools access to strengthened support for their low and moderate mental… Read more >
A week of celebrating speech, language and communication
Friday 11th October – Friday 18th October 2019 Join us this October in raising awareness and promoting understanding of Developmental Language Disorder and celebrating speech and language across Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster! On average, two children in every classroom have Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).… Read more >
Winners of the Local Offer Art Competition
We had over forty spectacular entries as part of our Local Offer Art Competition for children and young people with SEND that ran earlier this year. The creativity and artistic skill on display was astounding and it proved very difficult for our judges to select… Read more >College Open Days 2019-20
When you are thinking about moving on from school to sixth form or college, it can be a good idea to go and see the new setting to make sure it is right for you. and that is able to meet your needs. Open Days… Read more >
Parents find out about local services at Make it Happen's SEND Local Offer Event
Local parents came up to Westminster City Hall on Thursday 19th September for Make it Happen's Local Offer event, offering a chance to chat with wide-ranging services available for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The event, which was organised… Read more >
Adaptations at St Augustine's High School benefit students with hearing impairment
Pupils with hearing impairments at St Augustine’s High School are benefitting from softer noise levels and sound-enhancing equipment thanks to changes to the school environment funded by Westminster Council’s Special Provision Capital Fund. Several parts of the school, including the central atrium, have been fitted… Read more >