Introduction
North Tyneside's SEND Partnership is made up of professionals from the local authority, ICB (integrated Care Board) and Parent Carer Forum. We represent the Partnership. The children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEND) in our borough deserve the best. They deserve to have professionals working with them who aim to give them the best. We make the following commitments to children and young people with SEND:
- to support them to achieve their full potential and live ‘gloriously ordinary’ lives:
- to make North Tyneside an even greater place for children and young people to thrive;
- to make North Tyneside a place where everyone has the best possible life. This includes those who are vulnerable, disadvantaged, and have SEND;
- to listen to children and young people with SEND;
- use what they tell us to shape our strategic priorities, plans and our day-to-day practice;
- to promote inclusion, reduce inequalities;
- to identify and meet the needs of children, young people and their networks early;
- to provide the right support at the right time;
- and to prevent needs from escalating wherever possible.
Children and young people tell us that they want to have safe, happy and healthy lives. They want to have every opportunity to achieve their full potential in life. This SEND Quality of Practice Framework, has been co-produced by North Tyneside’s SEND partnership. It is the basis of our shared understanding of the difference we are making to the lives of those we work with. We will take every opportunity to celebrate good practice and build on what works well. We will also use this framework to tell us about the areas that we want to improve, and the progress we are making. This process of continuous learning will never end. This is because we are passionate about always working to further improve children and young people’s outcomes.