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Parents wanted more consistency in how different schools identified and supported SEND needs
 We have worked with schools and parents to revise the Solihull Graduated Approach for schools



Young people wanted more support when moving from primary to secondary school
 School leaders have worked with Solihull Parent Carer Voice and Our Voices Heard to update the transitions guidance for schools to use
 School leaders will gather more voices from young people about transition to review the guidance for next year (2025)



Parents wanted more information on health waiting times and where else to get help
 We have created a website where anyone can check the latest waiting times for children’s services and see what support is available whilst they are waiting (SEND support available to residents in Solihull)
 We will use feedback from the survey on this site to decide where we need to develop more support.



Young people wanted more people to listen to them
 We worked with young people to create a video on the importance of hearing children’s and young peoples voices (children and young people) and are sharing this with everyone who works with them




Parents wanted to see more about what we are doing against our Additional Needs Strategy
 		We have put our action plan on the Local Offer JAN Strategy Action Plan Year 2 - Public (solihull.gov.uk)



Children and young people don’t know enough about our Additional Needs Strategy
 We provided an easy read version Additional needs strategy - easy read version (solihull.gov.uk)
 We are working on a video and children and young people’s pages on the local offer



Parents wanted more information on the EHCP process
 We worked with Solihull Parent Carer Voice and SENDIAS to run online meetings to talk about this



Parents wanted to know more about what was happening around SEND in Solihull
 We now produce a termly SEND newsletter SEND Newsletter | solihull.gov.uk



Parents said they were having difficulty contacting staff in the EHCP Service
 We have published contact details through Solihull Parent Carer Voice and SENDIAS



Children and young people said we weren’t always hearing how life was for them
 We have set up a short survey for children and young people to complete when they meet with services



Children and young people said they didn’t really understand their EHCP
 We are monitoring how often children and young people are involved in their annual reviews





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