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Delivery of the plan

Progress on the SEND Improvement Programme will be monitored and reported to the council’s Cabinet, Barnsley Council’s senior management team, Integrated Care System governing body and Barnsley Schools Alliance Board on a quarterly basis as part of the ongoing cycle of reporting.

Work is done through the priority workstreams and subgroups, all of which include representation from education, health and care, 0-25, and are responsible for parts of the overall SEND Improvement Programme. Priority workstreams and subgroups meet every half term and report up to the SEND Oversight Board. There is regular reporting at the trust level and quarterly reports to cabinet have been in place for some years and continue into the period of this strategy. These include narrative about progress, performance data and financial information related to SEND.

We recognise it's important to be clear about who has responsibility and accountability for delivery of the SEND Strategy at the strategic organisation level. Roles of key accountable officers and partners are included in our SEND Improvement Programme so that it's plain which individuals are accountable for ensuring the delivery of aspects of the strategy.

Where appropriate, we've shown that there is a shared responsibility and accountability. For example, having education, health and care roles against actions in the SEND Improvement Programme, shows how education, health and social care colleagues share equal responsibility for improvements and play an active part in delivering those.

The benefit of all our work will be felt in the way our children and young people have their needs identified and met across education, health and care, covering the 0-25 age range and in how they are enabled to achieve the best outcomes possible.

Governance groups

All our governance groups work in partnership across education, health and social care as part of Barnsley local area. Groups meet at least on a half termly basis.