Special Educational Needs and Disability Towards co-production Page 1 Special Educational Needs and Disability Towards co-production 29th October 2018

Purpose of today: working together to co-design and co-produce Page 1 Welcome Housekeeping Why are we here? Purpose of today: working together to co-design and co-produce

Outline of the morning Intro and purpose Who’s Who? Page 1 Outline of the morning Intro and purpose Who’s Who? Context – SEND in England and London What works? How to co-design – your involvement Close

Who’s who? Parents Positive Parents Carers School SENCos and leaders Page 1 Who’s who? Parents Positive Parents Carers School SENCos and leaders LA Children’s Services and Commissioners Health providers Health commissioners What brought you here today?

SEND: England 1.2 million children and young people have SEND Page 1 SEND: England 1.2 million children and young people have SEND Mainly boys, fewer girls SEND children attend less SEND children are more likely excluded and make less academic progress Young adults with learning difficulties are less likely to be in employment New rules Move from Statements to Education Health Care plans (EHCPs) Age from birth to 25 (previously 5-16) Local authority and school budget pressures / rules Complexity of need increasing Costs of ‘high needs’ escalating

Page 1 This week’s headlines “Thousands of children with special needs excluded from schools” “Parents of children with special educational needs fighting local authority budget cuts” “Special needs pupils being failed by system on verge of crisis” “Petition against special needs funding cuts taken to Westminster” “Families take Surrey council to court over special needs funding” “Young people with special needs being failed in 44% of areas in England” (Ofsted)

London SEND statistics Page 1 London SEND statistics 22% increase in London SEND children since 2010 8% since 2016 23 out of 28 London boroughs are overspending their high needs revenue from central government £94 million over in London – 14% funding gap Overspend on transport an average of £1m per borough A new mainstream school place: £20,000. A new SEND place: £69,000 Autistic Spectrum Disorder increase 85% since 2010 Specific Learning Difficulty increase of 114%

Havering 2010-23 Population up 12% since 2002 Page 1 Havering 2010-23 Population up 12% since 2002 Predicted up further 14% by 2023 Predicting 1500 EHCs by 2023 £39m reduction in government grant since 2014 £37m gap in the next four years

Towards co-production Page 1 Towards co-production What is it? The goal of co-production is to improve the life chances and outcomes for children, young people and families in Havering We should do with, not do to A person centred approach Why do it? We recognise that services alone do not produce outcomes More people involved, actively contributing People with lived experience are better placed about needs and wants

Towards co-production for SEND: Page 1 Towards co-production for SEND: What is working well for you? How have you been involved in decisions? Are there examples of how you have been involved and included?

Towards co-production: Page 1 Towards co-production: What should we do differently? What needs to improve? Should we co-produce / co-design and work together to do this? What mechanisms / methods / forums / approaches should we use? Which areas should we start with?

Page 1 Thank You ian.elliott@havering.gov.uk