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Hampshire Local Area Partnership

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Working together to improve SEND services

The Hampshire Local Area Partnership brings together the organisations that support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This includes education, health, social care, voluntary and community organisations, as well as representatives of children, young people and parent carers.

By working together, the partnership aims to make sure services are joined up, families can access the right support, and children and young people with SEND have the best possible opportunities to thrive.

What this means for families

The organisations responsible for planning and delivering SEND services meet regularly to look at what is working well, where improvements are needed, and how they can work together more effectively.

The partnership focuses on the issues that matter most to children, young people and families, including:

  • Getting the right support at the right time
  • Ensuring children and young people can access education and achieve their goals
  • Improving access to health services and assessments
  • Supporting emotional wellbeing and mental health
  • Helping young people prepare for adulthood and greater independence
  • Listening to and acting on the views of children, young people and parent carers

Listening to families

The experiences and views of children, young people and families help shape the partnership's priorities and plans.

The views of families are fed into the Local Area Partnership by parents who interact with the Hampshire Parent Carer Network and the views of young people with SEND are fed in by young people in our Hampshire SEND Youth Forum.

This feedback helps the partnership understand what is working well, identify areas for improvement and influence decisions about future services and support.

How the partnership plans improvements

Each year, the partnership reviews how well SEND services are working across Hampshire through its Self-Evaluation Framework (SEF). This helps identify strengths, challenges and areas for development.

The findings are used to shape the partnership's strategy and action plan, which set out the improvements that will be made over the coming years.

You can find the latest Self-Evaluation Framework (SEF), strategy and action plan below.

The Hampshire SEND Local Area Partnership brings together organisations responsible for supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). 

The partnership includes representatives from:

  • Education services and schools
  • Health services
  • Children's social care
  • Hampshire SENDIASS
  • Parent Carer representatives
  • Young people and participation groups
  • Voluntary and community organisations 

Together, we work to improve the experiences, services and outcomes of children and young people with SEND across Hampshire. The partnership is responsible for setting a shared vision, identifying priorities for improvement, listening to feedback, and monitoring the impact of services.  

The Hampshire SEND Local Area Partnership brings together organisations responsible for supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). 

The partnership includes representatives from:

  • Education services and schools
  • Health services
  • Children's social care
  • Hampshire SENDIASS
  • Parent Carer representatives
  • Young people and participation groups
  • Voluntary and community organisations 

Together, we work to improve the experiences, services and outcomes of children and young people with SEND across Hampshire. The partnership is responsible for setting a shared vision, identifying priorities for improvement, listening to feedback, and monitoring the impact of services.  

Children and young people in Hampshire:

  • Are heard
  • Are safe and happy
  • Have the same opportunities and choices as their peers
  • Fulfil their potential
  • Have inclusive learning environments
  • Have seamless access to services
  • Lead productive and independent lives.

Children and young people in Hampshire:

  • Are heard
  • Are safe and happy
  • Have the same opportunities and choices as their peers
  • Fulfil their potential
  • Have inclusive learning environments
  • Have seamless access to services
  • Lead productive and independent lives.

Co-production is at the heart of the Local Area Partnership. 

We work with: 

  • Hampshire Parent Carer Network (HPCN)
  • Hampshire SEND Youth Forum
  • Have Your Say participation networks
  • Children, young people and families
  • Professionals across education, health and social care 

Their feedback helps shape priorities, influence decisions and identify areas where services can improve.  

Diagram showing how family feedback is used to review services, set priorities, plan improvements and monitor outcomes across Hampshire SEND services.

Co-production is at the heart of the Local Area Partnership. 

We work with: 

  • Hampshire Parent Carer Network (HPCN)
  • Hampshire SEND Youth Forum
  • Have Your Say participation networks
  • Children, young people and families
  • Professionals across education, health and social care 

Their feedback helps shape priorities, influence decisions and identify areas where services can improve.  

Diagram showing how family feedback is used to review services, set priorities, plan improvements and monitor outcomes across Hampshire SEND services.

We will achieve our vision through strong multi agency and parental partnerships, having a shared understanding of challenges and working together on solutions.

We will measure progress by:

  • Bringing together Health, Education and Social Care data.
  • Tracking and reducing the gap between outcomes for children and young people with SEND and their peers.
  • Annually canvassing parents about their confidence in the system.
  • Annually canvassing professionals about system improvements.
  • Listening to children and young people about what matters to them and acting on their views.

We will work together well by:

  • Collectively owning the issues.
  • Securing cross- partnership agreement to progress all actions.
  • Spreading the word, creating a system-wide understanding of our ambition.
  • Routinely seeking the voice of all children and young people with SEND.
  • Holding ourselves and each other to account on delivery of our action plan. 
  • Monitoring our progress through our Local Area Partnership board.
  • Supporting and be honest with each other.
  • Asking for help to solve systemic problems.
  • Being critical friends for each other.
  • Reducing inequalities.

We will achieve our vision through strong multi agency and parental partnerships, having a shared understanding of challenges and working together on solutions.

We will measure progress by:

  • Bringing together Health, Education and Social Care data.
  • Tracking and reducing the gap between outcomes for children and young people with SEND and their peers.
  • Annually canvassing parents about their confidence in the system.
  • Annually canvassing professionals about system improvements.
  • Listening to children and young people about what matters to them and acting on their views.

We will work together well by:

  • Collectively owning the issues.
  • Securing cross- partnership agreement to progress all actions.
  • Spreading the word, creating a system-wide understanding of our ambition.
  • Routinely seeking the voice of all children and young people with SEND.
  • Holding ourselves and each other to account on delivery of our action plan. 
  • Monitoring our progress through our Local Area Partnership board.
  • Supporting and be honest with each other.
  • Asking for help to solve systemic problems.
  • Being critical friends for each other.
  • Reducing inequalities.

We will know we have succeeded when:

  • The views of children, young people and their families informs all our work.
  • Children, young people and their families can access the information and services they need when they need it.
  • Data is routinely shared, and we all work towards the same goals.
  • Children and young people with SEND are happy and have positive social relationships.
  • Young people with SEND increasingly live independently and gain meaningful employment.
  • There is a culture of support to families and carers.
  • Children and young people with SEND and their families can access services and support that meet their needs at the earliest point, without barriers.
  • The mental and physical health of children and young people with SEND compares positively with their peers.
  • Children and young people with SEND are engaged in their education within an inclusive environment.
  • Everyone in the system, works together to improve educational engagement.
  • A robust, resilient and skilled education workforce can meet SEND needs.
  • Children and young people with SEND and their parents are appropriately prepared for adult life from a young age.
  • There is sufficient provision to meet the needs of all Children and young people with SEND in Hampshire.

We will know we have succeeded when:

  • The views of children, young people and their families informs all our work.
  • Children, young people and their families can access the information and services they need when they need it.
  • Data is routinely shared, and we all work towards the same goals.
  • Children and young people with SEND are happy and have positive social relationships.
  • Young people with SEND increasingly live independently and gain meaningful employment.
  • There is a culture of support to families and carers.
  • Children and young people with SEND and their families can access services and support that meet their needs at the earliest point, without barriers.
  • The mental and physical health of children and young people with SEND compares positively with their peers.
  • Children and young people with SEND are engaged in their education within an inclusive environment.
  • Everyone in the system, works together to improve educational engagement.
  • A robust, resilient and skilled education workforce can meet SEND needs.
  • Children and young people with SEND and their parents are appropriately prepared for adult life from a young age.
  • There is sufficient provision to meet the needs of all Children and young people with SEND in Hampshire.

Our action plan focused on five key principles: 

  1. Early - Children and young people receive the right help at the right time, as close as possible to when needs first emerge, so that support has the greatest impact and helps prevent unnecessary escalation.
  2. Local- Children and young people with SEND are supported to learn and thrive in their local communities, attending schools or colleges alongside their peers wherever possible. Specialist provision is available for those with the most complex needs.
  3. Fair - Settings are appropriately resourced and confident to meet nationally identified common and predictable SEND needs. A range of specialist and targeted provision is accessible across mainstream, special and alternative settings to ensure equitable support and opportunity.
  4. Effective - Improvement across the SEND system is informed by evidence, strong practice and lived experience. Effective approaches are shared and embedded to secure sustainable, positive outcomes for children and young people.
  5. Shared - Education, health and social care work together in partnership with children and young people, families, professionals and wider stakeholders, taking shared responsibility for improving experiences and outcomes for all.

 

Diagram illustrating the three priorities of the Hampshire SEND Local Area Partnership Action Plan and how they work together to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND.

Our action plan focused on five key principles: 

  1. Early - Children and young people receive the right help at the right time, as close as possible to when needs first emerge, so that support has the greatest impact and helps prevent unnecessary escalation.
  2. Local- Children and young people with SEND are supported to learn and thrive in their local communities, attending schools or colleges alongside their peers wherever possible. Specialist provision is available for those with the most complex needs.
  3. Fair - Settings are appropriately resourced and confident to meet nationally identified common and predictable SEND needs. A range of specialist and targeted provision is accessible across mainstream, special and alternative settings to ensure equitable support and opportunity.
  4. Effective - Improvement across the SEND system is informed by evidence, strong practice and lived experience. Effective approaches are shared and embedded to secure sustainable, positive outcomes for children and young people.
  5. Shared - Education, health and social care work together in partnership with children and young people, families, professionals and wider stakeholders, taking shared responsibility for improving experiences and outcomes for all.

 

Diagram illustrating the three priorities of the Hampshire SEND Local Area Partnership Action Plan and how they work together to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND.

The Hampshire SEND Local Area Partnership Board provides strategic oversight of the SEND system. 

The Board: 

  • Monitors partnership performance
  • Reviews evidence and outcomes
  • Oversees delivery of the SEND Strategy
  • Approves and monitors the SEF
  • Receives feedback from children, young people and families
  • Holds partners accountable for progress 

The Board operates in accordance with its Terms of Reference and works on behalf of the wider SEND partnership across Hampshire. 

The Hampshire SEND Local Area Partnership Board provides strategic oversight of the SEND system. 

The Board: 

  • Monitors partnership performance
  • Reviews evidence and outcomes
  • Oversees delivery of the SEND Strategy
  • Approves and monitors the SEF
  • Receives feedback from children, young people and families
  • Holds partners accountable for progress 

The Board operates in accordance with its Terms of Reference and works on behalf of the wider SEND partnership across Hampshire. 

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published a new Area SEND inspection Framework. 

The framework outlines a new inspection model. All Local Area Partnerships will be subject to this including:

  • full inspections
  • monitoring inspections
  • engagement meetings, and
  • area SEND thematic visits

This inspection process will consider:

  • The experiences and outcomes of children & young people with SEND; and
  • How local area partners work together to plan, evaluate and develop the SEND system.

The inspection findings and outcomes will be published. 

Where appropriate, recommendations will be made to the Local Area Partnership about what they should do to improve the SEND arrangements it has in place for children and young people. 

The Local Area was last inspected in March 2020.

Read the March 2020 Area SEND Inspection Report

Information about upcoming inspections will be published in this area once a date for the visit has been set. 

Find out more about local area SEND inspections on the Government's website or watch the video below.

 

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published a new Area SEND inspection Framework. 

The framework outlines a new inspection model. All Local Area Partnerships will be subject to this including:

  • full inspections
  • monitoring inspections
  • engagement meetings, and
  • area SEND thematic visits

This inspection process will consider:

  • The experiences and outcomes of children & young people with SEND; and
  • How local area partners work together to plan, evaluate and develop the SEND system.

The inspection findings and outcomes will be published. 

Where appropriate, recommendations will be made to the Local Area Partnership about what they should do to improve the SEND arrangements it has in place for children and young people. 

The Local Area was last inspected in March 2020.

Read the March 2020 Area SEND Inspection Report

Information about upcoming inspections will be published in this area once a date for the visit has been set. 

Find out more about local area SEND inspections on the Government's website or watch the video below.

 

Find out more about the Local Area Partnership and Inspection by watching the video, and the accompanying Frequently Asked Questions document :

 

Additional resources

For parents, carers and young people

Hampshire Local Area SEND inspection - information briefing for parents, carers and young people

For professionals

Hampshire Local Area SEND inspection - information briefing for professionals

Local Area Partnership documents

Find out more about the Local Area Partnership and Inspection by watching the video, and the accompanying Frequently Asked Questions document :

 

Additional resources

For parents, carers and young people

Hampshire Local Area SEND inspection - information briefing for parents, carers and young people

For professionals

Hampshire Local Area SEND inspection - information briefing for professionals

Local Area Partnership documents

The Best Practice Platform is a shared space for professionals, health, social care, and the voluntary sector, this library is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating effective practices that support children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

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The Best Practice Platform is a shared space for professionals, health, social care, and the voluntary sector, this library is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating effective practices that support children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

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Children, young people, parents, carers and professionals all play an important role in improving services. 

We want to hear: 

  • What is working well
  • What could be better
  • Your experiences of SEND services
  • Ideas for future improvements 

Together we can continue to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND across Hampshire. 

Share your views 

Children, young people, parents, carers and professionals all play an important role in improving services. 

We want to hear: 

  • What is working well
  • What could be better
  • Your experiences of SEND services
  • Ideas for future improvements 

Together we can continue to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND across Hampshire. 

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