Settings, Schools and Colleges

1. Welcome

Northamptonshire County Council has commissioned a SEND needs analysis of the four areas across Northamptonshire. This will identify current effective, inclusive provision and practice across mainstream education settings (0 to 25 years) health and social care. To gather views of all stakeholders please complete this survey to contribute your views. The survey is short and concise. Thank you for completing the survey, your views are important to us. For further information, the project contact is Gwyn Botterill, gbotterill@northamptonshire.gov.uk
 

1. The culture and ethos of my school/setting/college is strongly committed to inclusive practice and high expectations for children and young people with SEND. *

 

2. The teaching staff in my school/setting/college have the knowledge and skills to meet the needs of CYP with SEND in the following areas, ensuring they make good progress: *

Strongly AgreeAgreeNeither Agree nor DisagreeDisagreeStrongly Disagree
Cognition and Learning
Communication and Interaction
Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Sensory and Physical
 

3.  My school has the capacity to effectively deploy its resources to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND in the following areas: *

Agree StronglyAgreeNeither Agree nor DisagreeDisagreeDisagree Strongly
Cognition and Learning
Communication and Interaction
Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Sensory and Physical
 

4. Our school/setting/ college uses person centred approaches to listen to children, young people and their parents/carers and involve them in decisions regarding the support they receive. *

 

5. We know where to go to access further specialist support and advice for children and young people with SEND in the following areas: *

Agree StronglyAgreeNeither Agree nor DisagreeDisagreeDisagree Strongly
Cognition and Learning
Communication and Interaction
Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Sensory and Physical
 

6. The Governing Board of the school/setting/college understands its duties in relation to children and young people with SEND and challenge senior leaders so that the effective deployment of staff and resources. *

 

7. The SENCo/college lead for SEND has a good level of knowledge, skills and understanding to support the leadership in driving improvements in SEND provision and practice. *

 

8. The school/setting/college belongs to an effective network that enables us keep up to date with LA strategy and hear about local good practice in SEND provision. *

 

9. Our school/setting/college works well with feeder/transition schools and colleges to ensure effective transition arrangements for children and young people with SEND *

 

10. The school/setting/college’s curriculum offer supports children and young people with SEN in the following areas, to transition well into the next stage of education. employment or training : *

Agree StronglyAgreeNeither Agree not DisagreeDisagreeDisagree Strongly
Cognition and Learning
Communication and Interaction
Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Sensory and Physical
 

11. We are able to work effectively with health services to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND in the following areas: *

Strongly AgreeAgreeNeither Agree nor DisagreeDisagreeStrongly Disagree
Cognition and Learning
Communication and Interaction
Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Sensory and Physical
 

12. We are able to work effectively with social services to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND in the following areas: *

Strongly AgreeAgreeNeither Agree nor DisagreeDisagreeStrongly Disagree
Cognition and Learning
Communication and Interaction
Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Sensory and Physical
 

13. School/setting/college is confident in using and applying the LA descriptors ensuring it provides a strong and consistent mainstream offer for children and young with SEND in our school in the following areas: *

Cognition and LearningCommunication and InteractionSocial, Emotional and Mental HealthSensory and Physical
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neither Agree nor Disagree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
 

14. My setting is: *

 

15. My role is : *