SEND Review Consultation

Thank you very much for taking the time to give your thoughts on the SEND Review, we really appreciate it.

We have some questions below that can be completed either on your own or with support from a family member or worker.

You can answer all the questions or just some of them.

You can say as much as you want and you can also draw pictures as your response to questions if you would like, and then you or someone supporting you can email them to us at ncbconsultation@kaizen.org.uk

We will be hearing from lots of children and young people and we will write a report about what you all say. We won’t be using any names so you can speak honestly, everything you say will be anonymous.

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* Can you tick the box here to say that you are happy to take part and that we can include what you say

Some questions about you

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* 1. What is your school or college name?

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* 2. Where do you live (eg. Nottingham, Devon, etc...)?

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* 3. How old are you?

5-10 years old

11-15 years old

16-20 years old

20-25 years old

over 25 years old

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* 4. How would you describe your gender identity?

Male

Female

Transgender

Prefer not to say

I'd prefer to self describe

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* 5. How would you describe your ethnicity?

White: English

White: British

White: Welsh

White: Irish

White: Northern Irish

White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller

White: Scottish

White: Other

Mixed: White and Black Caribbean

Mixed: White and Black African

Mixed: White and Asian

Mixed: Other

Asian or Asian British: Indian

Asian or Asian British: Pakistani

Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi

Asian or Asian British: Chinese

Asian or Asian British: Japanese

Asian or Asian British: Other Asian

Black or Black British: Caribbean

Black or Black British: African

Black or Black British: Other Black

Arab

I’d rather not say

Other ethnicity

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* 6. If you feel comfortable, please tell us in your own words about your disability, health condition, or learning support need:

The government has looked at how children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities are supported. They think some changes are needed and they have written a Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) Review Green Paper to share their thoughts on the changes that they want to make in England.

A Green Paper is a document that discusses new laws that the government is considering. This means that the changes talked about in the SEND Review are suggestions (these are not changes that are definitely happening, they are changes that could happen).

We want to know what you think about the changes the government has suggested in the SEND Review Green Paper so we can give feedback to the government. It is really important that children and young people get to have their voices heard too.

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* Introduction: How happy are you with the level of support that you receive at the moment?

1 = very unhappy

2 = somewhat unhappy

3 = not sure

4 = somewhat happy

5 = very happy

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* 1. The government wants to write a new list of rules that your local authority (LA) will have to follow to make it easier for you to get the support you need.

The government would like to call these rules ‘The National SEND Standards’.

National SEND Standards: National SEND Standards means a set of rules which would be used to try and make sure that the same quality of support is available to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities wherever they live in the country.

What do you think should be included in the list of rules? [for example: The local authority should have a set number of days to write the new EHCP, the local authority should consult young people before they make any new services, young people should be included in decisions about their support, ...]

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* 2. The Government thinks it would help if your families are given a set list of schools and colleges that you can choose from. This would mean that your family could only choose a school or college from this list. How would you feel if you were given a list of schools and colleges that you had to choose from?

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* 3a. Do you have an EHCP (Education Health and Care Plan)?

An Education Health and Care Plan is a plan for children and young people aged up to 25. An EHC Plan contains the educational, health and social needs of a person and the additional support to meet those needs.

Yes

I'm not sure

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* 3b. At the moment all EHCPs look different depending on where you live and the government wants them to all look the same. Do you think it is a good or bad idea for all EHCPs to look the same and to be filled in using the same rules?

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* 3c. What do you think is the most important information to include in an EHCP and why? eg.
• What would you want teachers, supporters and health and care staff to know about you?
• What information about learning do you think should be included?
• Is there any info that you think a teacher should include? What should not be included?
• Same for health and care – what should be included and what is not important or what doesn’t help a young person learn?

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* 4. A new idea is that EHCPs (or support documents if you do not have an EHCP) will be kept online and you and your families will be able to look at them whenever you want to.
How do you feel about that? Can you give some examples of when this would be helpful? Can you give some examples of when this would not work?

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* 5. If you and your family disagrees with the school or Local Authority about what support you are receiving, what should be done to support you and your family?

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* 6. To improve transition to further and higher education the government would like to introduce common transfer files and adjustment passports (see below for description of what these are)

Common Transfer File: A Common Transfer File allows schools to pass on information about pupils and their needs to their next school. The idea of a Common Transfer File is that it helps schools to have the correct support in place from day 1 of a new pupil joining.

Adjustment passport: An Adjustment Passport is a document which introduces a young person and allows them to share details of the support they need. It may be used to introduce a young person to school staff, teachers and employers.

What are the good and bad things about:
● Common transfer files
● Adjustment passports

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* 7. Here is a list of options. Please rank them by which ones you would most like to have a say about. Give a 1 to the one that is most important to you and 9 to the least important. (You can also drag and drop them into order.)

School support

Youth groups

After-school activities

Employment schemes

Supported apprenticeships

Transport services

Health services

Mental health services

Local facilities

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* Any not on this list?

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* 8. Involving families, children and young people is a big part of the government’s new suggestions. We are going to picture what that might look like. Imagine you’ve been asked by your Local Authority to make a brand-new youth centre.

● How would you like to be involved?
● What would decision makers need to do to make sure you are included?
● How would you like to stay updated?

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* Can you tick the box here to say that you are happy to take part and that we can include what you say

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* 1. What is your school or college name?

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* 2. Where do you live (eg. Nottingham, Devon, etc...)?

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* 3. How old are you?

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* 4. How would you describe your gender identity?

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* 5. How would you describe your ethnicity?

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* 6. If you feel comfortable, please tell us in your own words about your disability, health condition, or learning support need:

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* Introduction: How happy are you with the level of support that you receive at the moment?

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* 3a. Do you have an EHCP (Education Health and Care Plan)?An Education Health and Care Plan is a plan for children and young people aged up to 25. An EHC Plan contains the educational, health and social needs of a person and the additional support to meet those needs.

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* 3b. At the moment all EHCPs look different depending on where you live and the government wants them to all look the same. Do you think it is a good or bad idea for all EHCPs to look the same and to be filled in using the same rules?

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* 5. If you and your family disagrees with the school or Local Authority about what support you are receiving, what should be done to support you and your family?

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* 7. Here is a list of options. Please rank them by which ones you would most like to have a say about. Give a 1 to the one that is most important to you and 9 to the least important. (You can also drag and drop them into order.)

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* Any not on this list?

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* 9. Is there anything else you would like to say?

* 3a. Do you have an EHCP (Education Health and Care Plan)?

An Education Health and Care Plan is a plan for children and young people aged up to 25. An EHC Plan contains the educational, health and social needs of a person and the additional support to meet those needs.