Our Local Offer
From September 2014 every Local Authority is required to publish information about available services both in and outside their local area for children and young people from birth to 25 who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). This is known as the ‘Local Offer’.
Local Offer Principles:
- Empowering for parent carers, young people and professionals or practitioners.
- Accessible, so you can find it easily and will be able to understand the content. Also, there is help to navigate the Local Offer if needed.
- Holistic, covering ages 0–25 and services and organisations in the statutory and voluntary sector.
- Providing clear information about what is widely available without the need for specialist assessments.
- Transparent, providing information on eligibility criteria and how to access services. Explaining how decisions are made, who to talk to if things go wrong.
- Keep up-to-date, including a clear system for entering and updating information.
- Factual, our local offer will be clear, factual and honest about current practice and provision.
We have written our Local Offer to help Parents and Carers understand how we identify and support children with Special Educational Needs and/or disabilities. Please find below our Local Offer: