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In response to the growing number of children and young people in Surrey, and nationally, requiring specialist support, Surrey County Council has pioneered the UK’s first nationally recognised apprenticeship targeted at staff working with the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) process. This first-of-its-kind programme aims to professionalise and strengthen the role of ECHP coordinators across England. The apprenticeship, which is designed to meet the needs of all councils in England, officially launched on … Continue reading
Surrey County Council is pleased to announce the creation of nearly 500 specialist school places for children and young people with additional needs and disabilities during the 2025/26 academic year. This expansion reflects the Council’s ongoing commitment to ensure every child receives the support they need to thrive. Of the nearly 500 places, 169 were … Continue reading
Yesterday, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet approved further investment of £4.9m as part of the Additional Needs and Disabilities (AND) transformation programme. This investment means the Council’s statutory Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) service can be expanded and restructured to meet the needs of children and families in Surrey. This will allow the Council to … Continue reading
The report published today finds that, while important actions have been put in place, the Local Area partnership’s arrangements still have work to do to improve the experiences and outcomes for some children and young people with additional needs and disabilities. Inspectors found that, “there is ambition for children and young people with SEND [Special … Continue reading
Surrey County Council is pleased to announce the creation of 230 new specialist school places for September 2023 for Surrey’s children with additional needs and disabilities. The creation of additional school places has been carried out through the successful delivery of 40 construction projects in schools across Surrey. The building projects included the expansion of … Continue reading
As part of Surrey County’s Council ambition for children and young people to live, learn and grow up locally, the Council has created 220 new specialist school places in Surrey’s special schools and specialist centres in mainstream primary and secondary schools, and an additional 70 temporary places. In readiness for the new academic year 2021-2022, … Continue reading
Surrey County Council have proposed an ambitious and forward-thinking budget for the new financial year 2020-21, with a huge investment programme for the County. While budget pressures remain, the council’s finances are back on a stable footing after two years of emphasis on efficiencies – with around £200m of cost reductions from the budget since … Continue reading
Surrey County Council, the six Surrey clinical commissioning groups and Family Voice Surrey have welcomed an inspection report on special educational needs and disability services in the county. Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission carried out a joint review of Surrey’s progress in addressing weaknesses highlighted in a previous inspection in 2016. The full joint … Continue reading
David Hodge used today’s Full Council meeting to talk about the successes of his five years as Surrey County Council’s leader, the challenges the authority faces and the opportunities for health and social care services.
Following today’s Government announcement about reforms to services for children with special educational needs and disabilities, Linda Kemeny, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Schools and Learning, said: “The reforms announced by the Government today will provide important support to our young people with special educational needs and we are delighted to have played a role … Continue reading
A major overhaul of the support available for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), that will give families greater control and choice over the care their children receive, has been welcomed by the SE7 group of councils. The reforms are set out in the wide-ranging Children and Families Bill. Many of the … Continue reading
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