SEND Reform and Inclusion

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SEND reform in West Sussex

The Government has introduced a programme of SEND reform to improve how children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are supported. The aim is to ensure children and families can access the right support, at the right time, from the right professional.

As part of this work, local authorities have been asked to develop new ways of providing earlier support and greater specialist expertise within mainstream education settings.

Introducing Locality Inclusion Networks (LINs)

West Sussex is developing Locality Inclusion Networks (LINs) to help deliver this vision.

LINs will bring together specialist professionals and existing support services to provide coordinated advice and support for schools, settings and families. There will be eight LIN areas across West Sussex, each led by a dedicated co-ordinator.

Specialist may include:

  • Education psychologists
  • Specialist teachers
  • Occupational therapists
  • Speech and language therapists

Help shape the future of LINs

We want to hear about your experiences as a parent/carer of a child or young person with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Your feedback will help shape the future of SEND support and services.

There are no right or wrong answers. Please answer based on your own experiences.


Privacy Statement

West Sussex County Council (WSCC) is registered as a ‘data controller’ with the Information Commissioner’s Office(External link) (ICO - Reg. No. Z6413427), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues.

We comply with the Data Protection Act 2018(External link) and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR)(External link). This ensures that your personal data is processed fairly and kept securely for no longer than is necessary.

Only staff and third parties who are entitled to see the information included in your responses will have access to it and they may only use it for the purposes stated.

We have strict security measures in place to prevent the alteration, loss or misuse of your information.

We will hold your personal information electronically for 18 months, in line with WSCC retention record keeping guidelines, after which time it will be securely destroyed.

Our full privacy statement can be viewed at https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/privacy-policy(External link)


Accessibility Statement

If you require any of the information for this project in an alternative format, please contact us at jo.hill@westsussex.gov.uk and we will do our best to assist you. If you have the NGT Texting app installed on your laptop, PC or smartphone, then please use this app to contact us on 18001 (07711109872)

We are committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Please view the West Sussex County Council Accessibility Statement, for further details. Where it exists, we will provide details of any project related content which is not fully accessible under a heading of 'Non-accessible content' below.


Survey web browser compatibility

Please use one of the browsers below when completing the survey to ensure it looks and works as it should. These are:

· Microsoft Edge version 86 and above

· Chrome version 86 and above

· Firefox version 78 and above

· Safari version 14 and above

Please read before completing the survey:

SEND reform in West Sussex

The Government has introduced a programme of SEND reform to improve how children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are supported. The aim is to ensure children and families can access the right support, at the right time, from the right professional.

As part of this work, local authorities have been asked to develop new ways of providing earlier support and greater specialist expertise within mainstream education settings.

Introducing Locality Inclusion Networks (LINs)

West Sussex is developing Locality Inclusion Networks (LINs) to help deliver this vision.

LINs will bring together specialist professionals and existing support services to provide coordinated advice and support for schools, settings and families. There will be eight LIN areas across West Sussex, each led by a dedicated co-ordinator.

Specialist may include:

  • Education psychologists
  • Specialist teachers
  • Occupational therapists
  • Speech and language therapists

Help shape the future of LINs

We want to hear about your experiences as a parent/carer of a child or young person with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Your feedback will help shape the future of SEND support and services.

There are no right or wrong answers. Please answer based on your own experiences.


Privacy Statement

West Sussex County Council (WSCC) is registered as a ‘data controller’ with the Information Commissioner’s Office(External link) (ICO - Reg. No. Z6413427), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues.

We comply with the Data Protection Act 2018(External link) and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR)(External link). This ensures that your personal data is processed fairly and kept securely for no longer than is necessary.

Only staff and third parties who are entitled to see the information included in your responses will have access to it and they may only use it for the purposes stated.

We have strict security measures in place to prevent the alteration, loss or misuse of your information.

We will hold your personal information electronically for 18 months, in line with WSCC retention record keeping guidelines, after which time it will be securely destroyed.

Our full privacy statement can be viewed at https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/privacy-policy(External link)


Accessibility Statement

If you require any of the information for this project in an alternative format, please contact us at jo.hill@westsussex.gov.uk and we will do our best to assist you. If you have the NGT Texting app installed on your laptop, PC or smartphone, then please use this app to contact us on 18001 (07711109872)

We are committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Please view the West Sussex County Council Accessibility Statement, for further details. Where it exists, we will provide details of any project related content which is not fully accessible under a heading of 'Non-accessible content' below.


Survey web browser compatibility

Please use one of the browsers below when completing the survey to ensure it looks and works as it should. These are:

· Microsoft Edge version 86 and above

· Chrome version 86 and above

· Firefox version 78 and above

· Safari version 14 and above

  • SEND reform parent/carer survey

    We want to hear about your experiences as a parent/carer of a child or young person with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Your feedback will help shape the future of SEND support and services.  


    There are no right or wrong answers. Please answer based on your own experiences. 

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