1. Regional planning and collaboration
NatSIP North - next steps
Regional planning and collaboration

2. DfE research on funding for SEN
Commissioned research into SEN funding arrangements and practices from Isos partnership
Researched summer 2014, reported July 2015
National-to-local distribution of high-needs funding
Core funding for mainstream schools pre-16
Core funding for SEN in early years settings
Core funding for special schools, resourced provisions and SEN units pre-16
Core funding for SEN post-16
Top-up funding
Funding support for children and young people with very high needs

3.
We propose, therefore, that the DfE should consider piloting sub-regional or regional approaches to joint strategic commissioning of provision for very high-need low- incidence SEN. Doing this in areas where there is a history of successful collaboration would provide a basis for testing more systematic regional partnerships. (page 19)

4. The DfE should consider piloting sub-regional or regional approaches to joint strategic commissioning of provision for very high-need low-incidence SEN
12.23 Establishing and monitoring some controlled pilot activity, in areas where there is a history of successful collaboration, would test whether such an approach has the capacity to deliver significant benefits in terms of the quality, quantity and cost- effectiveness of local highly-specialist provision. If the pilots were successful they would provide a model for establishing or incentivising more systematic regional or sub-regional partnerships on a national basis.

5. NatSIP North
Next steps?