Meeting Details

The Chairman to respond to any questions from members of the public which are relevant to the business of the Board and of which advance notice has been given. Questions must be notified to the Board Secretary at democratic.services@essex.gov.uk by 10.30am on the third working day before the meeting (ie Friday 23 April). Questioners are asked to provide their name and address.

Further information (including the provision for the Chairman to consider requests for urgent questions received by 5pm on the day before the meeting) may be found on the Council’s website here

10.10-10.55

Following discussion and agreement at the March meeting, a discussion on the creation of a programme of actions.  We will be keen to hear what each part of the system intends to do, how we can ensure collaboration and complementarity without bureaucracy and what assistance partners may require from others.

11.00-11.45

To:

• inform the Board of the progress made against the written statement of action following the SEND Care Quality Commission (CQC)/Ofsted inspection in October 2019, the revised governance arrangements in place for SEND across the local area, the Essex Family Forum's (EFF) survey, the SEND Improvement Board's response and next steps;

• update the Board on SEND tribunals in Essex and proposed next steps;

• facilitate a discussion on the ambitions, challenges and concerns set out in the SEND programme in Essex.

11.45am

To discuss the latest Forward Plan and consider requests for additional items.

To note that the next meeting of the Board will take the form of a private workshop focusing on mental illness.  It will take place online via Zoom at 10am on Wednesday 26 May 2021. The next formal meeting of the Board will be held at 10am on Wednesday 21 July 2021 (location to be confirmed).