BCP Council and NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are committed to working in partnership with children, young people, parents, carers and other agencies to radically improve support for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

We have produced an improvement plan – called a 'written statement of action' – which we are now putting into action. The plan sets out how we are going to make improvements in eight key areas highlighted in an inspection of SEND services earlier this year (read the original inspection letter here). 

The eight key areas addressed by the plan are: 

• Culture  
• Evaluation  
• Co-production  
• Sustainable services 
• Graduated response  
• Education and health care plans (EHCPs)  
• Joint commissioning 
• Exclusion and inclusion  

Find out more: 

• Read a summary of our SEND improvement plans 
• Watch an animated video about our SEND improvement plans 
• View an easy read version of our SEND improvement plans 

You can also read the full written statement of action about our SEND improvement plans here.

Visit the transforming SEND services page for further details about how we are improving SEND services and how you can get involved.