Website and telephone payments Sunday 19 May
Our website and telephone payment systems are unavailable between 9am and 2pm on Sunday 19 May. You will not be able to pay for any council services on our website or over the phone during this time.
The latest news for families, including the annual inclusion conference, and events, funding news, plans and consultations.
The UK Government’s SEND and alternative provision green paper was published on 29 March 2022. It set out a vision for a single, national SEND and alternative provision (AP) system that will introduce new standards in the quality of support given to children across education, health and care.
The green paper is the result of the SEND Review, commissioned to improve the SEND system for parents, carers, children and young people.
The Department for Education have developed a programme called Delivering Better Value in SEND to assist local authorities to manage the current challenges which local systems are experiencing in delivering special educational needs and disability services (SEND). The programme is supporting 55 local authorities and their local partners to improve the delivery of SEND services for children and young people whilst working towards financial sustainability.
More information can be found on the Delivering Better Value in SEND website.
Following consultation, the new area SEND inspection framework and handbook (on GOV.UK website) have been published by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission. The new framework and handbook come into use from 2023 and will be used to inform judgements on North Yorkshire’s arrangements for children and young people with SEND. The new framework aims to strengthen accountability by:
Please follow the links below for information relating to the latest news and consultations:
These grab packs are for parents and carers, children or young people to help them work through particular topics. Many also have a therapeutic content to them and they have been written by Educational Psychologists working with primary mental health workers and wellbeing facilitators.
If you have a login, you can access them from the North Yorkshire Children and Young People's Service website.
Have you ever attended FUSE – the drama workshops for young people with learning disabilities?
Pickering, Starbeck, Skipton and Tadcaster groups are now taking place virtually each week, with Scarborough hoping to recommence soon.
To re-join, please contact eve@ruralarts.org.
If you have not attended before, but would like to join, please email Eve with a little bit about yourself and where you are based. We will work then work with the relevant group to see if there is capacity for you to join.