BIG SEND Survey 2025

Parents and Carers.

It's been 18 months since the OFSTED/CQC Area SEND Inspection in Oldham.

We are wanting to gather your views on progress made as well as understanding what your top 5 priorities are for your family, over the next 12 months. Since the inspection it's important to note that we have seen the implementation of the following:

Oldham participating as a test area for the North West for the Change Programme,
Alternative Provision Task Force,
EHC Hub launch
Quality Assurance Reviews
Family Hub launch
New Government

Please can you provide feedback on the following questions. This will enable us to review the progress of SEND in Oldham and also to ensure activity can be planned around your priorities.

When answering the priority questions, we need you to be specific so that we have clear understanding of your views, represent them well and enable you to feel that your voice is heard and your child, young person or your own experiences improve.

The personal details required at the end of the survey will not be shared with our partners. Whilst mandatory, these are to ensure survey results are validated against our memberships, giving assurance that the report is the voice of our members, and to enable us to enter you into the draw for a £25 voucher together with a goodie bag that will include some Hidden Disabilities merchandise.

After the survey closes, Oldham PCF will report on the outcome of the survey and share the feedback with you.

Thank you.

1. Since January 2024 has your child been referred to the following services?

Speech and Language
Community Paediatric Service
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

If yes, please can you describe your experience, including any support you received whilst waiting and the length of time of your wait. (Please indicate if you have accessed multiple services, what your experience was like for each service, individually.)

2. Please rank the following in order of priority for you and your family this year. With No.1 being your top priority and 14 being your lowest priority. *

Access to Short Breaks Play & Leisure Activities
Communication
Early Years
Education Health & Care Plan (EHCP) Including the Annual Review of these
Employment
Health Services
Home to School Transport
Independent Living including Finances and Housing
Mental Health & Wellbeing
SEN Support and termly progress meetings (Graduated Response)
Social & Community Inclusion
Social Care
Transition, Preparation for Adulthood including POST 16 Education
Volunteering Opportunities
Other, please state in the comment box

Please can you tell us why these are your priorities

3. Please can you tell us the setting type that your child/young person attends

What has been your experience?

4. What academic year did your child/young person move to this setting? (For example September 2022 would be 2022-2023)

5. Please tell us the age of your child

6. Does your child/young person have an Education, Health & Care Plan (If you child/young person does not have an Education, Health & Care Plan, please move to question 7.)

When was the date of your last annual review meeting?

7. Does your child/young person have a SEN Support Plan?

Yes
No
Don't know

Have you participated in regular termly meetings with school/college this year?

8. Do you access Home to School Transport

Please tell us about your experience

9. Have you accessed a Social Care Assessment in the last 2 years?

Yes
No
Don't know

What was your experience?