Welcome to the SEND Partnership Bulletin - December 2025 (Please subscribe
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The Local Area Partnership is committed to improving outcomes for all children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) and we want to keep you in touch with all the great work happening as part of Bradford district's SEND
transformation journey.
SEND inspection update
The SEND Partnership has made significant strides in preparing for the Local Area SEND inspection. The development of the ‘SEND
One Plan’ integrating the
SEND Strategy,
Written Statement of Action (WSoA), and LGA recommendations demonstrates a unified and strategic approach.
Out of the 26 Department for Education core measures for SEND, Bradford district is tracking positively on 18 of them and in comparison to our statistical neighbours (other similar authorities), Bradford is performing better across 15 measures that are exceeding
Statistical Neighbour (SN) averages.
SEND One Plan
Bradford Council’s Assistant Director SEND and Inclusion, Dan Careless has been working with key partners to identify our priorities and strengthen how we monitor the impact of our SEND work through the development of the ‘SEND
One Plan’.
Engagement has taken place with SEND board members, partners in education, health, social care and the voluntary sector and the parent carer network. Dan has also been meeting with school headteachers every half term and with parent/carers facilitated by
the Parents’ Forum for Bradford and Airedale every half term.
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