Commitments from the SEND Improvement Board

We will put you at the heart of everything we do by

asking you to help us develop our plans and check that professionals are working with them properly.

We will put you at the heart of everything we do by

checking that the leaders in the city are watching over the plans properly.

We will put you at the heart of everything we do by

working together better to share information so agencies can help you better.

We will help you much earlier by

Carefully hearing your worries when you start school, move to secondary school and leave school.

We will help you much earlier by

working better together  to make sure your worries don’t get worse.

We will help you much earlier by

making sure schools know what support is available to them to help you even more.

We will work together to help you stay in school by

making sure that school policies focus on keeping you included.

We will work together to help you stay in school by

making sure that schools know what works well and ensures all staff have excellent SEND training.

We will work together to help you stay in school by

making sure schools know what support is available to them to help you even more.

We will work together to help you stay in school by

making sure your schools know what help they can get from Plymouth City Council.

We will work together to help you stay in school by

providing earlier help to pupils who do not go to school full time.

We will work together to help you stay in school by

developing different ways to teach you when you are struggling.

We will work together to support you when you are waiting for the care you need by

Making sure we listen and understand your experiences better.

We will work together to support you when you are waiting for the care you need by

Respond in a timely way to your changing needs.

Ensure you get the additional specialist help and support you need if you access ‘short breaks’ or live in a residential special school or children’s home outside of Plymouth by

visiting you frequently and on time.

Ensure you get the additional specialist help and support you need if you access ‘short breaks’ or live in a residential special school or children’s home outside of Plymouth by

making sure your support is reviewed frequently and on time.

We will ensure you consistently get the right help at the right time by

making sure you meet your significant Early Years milestones. 

We will ensure you consistently get the right help at the right time by

making sure we work together to increase the amount of the support you need, when you need it.

We will reduce the long waiting times for the care that you need and make sure you still feel cared for whilst you wait by

improving the way we work.

We will reduce the long waiting times for the care that you need and make sure you still feel cared for whilst you wait by

letting you know how far along you are on the list.

We will reduce the long waiting times for the care that you need and make sure you still feel cared for whilst you wait by

delivering an offer of support available to you whilst you wait.

We will reduce the long waiting times for the care that you need and make sure you still feel cared for whilst you wait by

delivering earlier support for those on specific pathways for help i.e. Speech and Language, Neurodiversity, Community Paediatrics & Mental Health Services.

We will make sure everyone working with you has the right training and development by

asking you to help us design and deliver a learning, development and training programme.

We will make sure everyone working with you has the right training and development by

asking all services in the city to sign a charter committing them to delivering the training, making it mandatory for all the people who work with you to have the right training to meet your needs.

We will ensure the right services and support are in place for the future by

sharing information to help provide the  right services that are needed most.

We will ensure the right services and support are in place for the future by

Making sure every classroom is a place where every child belongs and can learn with the right support.

We will ensure the right services and support are in place for the future by

making sure there will be enough special school places.