Local Area SEND Inspections
All Local Areas in England are jointly inspected by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQQ) to monitor the implementation of the SEND reforms and the delivery of positive outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
The last Warwickshire Local Area inspection took place from 12th-16th July 2021. Following the inspection, Ofsted and CQC published a report and the outcome of the inspection was that the local area was required to produce and submit a Written Statement of Action to Ofsted that explains how the local area will tackle the areas of significant weakness. We worked with Warwickshire County Council and Coventry & Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group to develop the Written Statement of Action which can be found here.
Due to changes in the Inspection Framework Warwickshire was not revisited as expected 18 months after the inspection but we continued to have monitoring meetings with the Department for Education and NHS England representatives.
The Inspection of Warwickshire Local Authority will take place from Monday 13th April – Friday 1st May.
The inspectors want to know about the help and support that children and young people with SEND get. You can tell us by filling in a survey – this is the link https://ofsted.smartsurvey.co.uk/p/AreaSend/10414225. The surveys will close at 9am on Tuesday 21 April 2026.
What happens during an area SEND inspection.
- Local area partnerships are made up of those in education, health and care who are responsible for planning, commissioning, managing, delivering and evaluating support for children and young people with SEND who live in Warwickshire
- During the inspection, inspectors will gather evidence about how effective provision is for children and young people with SEND in Warwickshire.
- They will also evaluate how the local partnership work together to provide support and outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
- The inspection is conducted jointly by Ofsted & CQC over a period of 3 weeks.
- Over the 3 weeks the inspectors will visit and set up meeting with the Warwickshire local partnerships looking at their joint arrangements and outcome in Education, Health and Social Care.
- After the inspection, the inspectors will write a report evaluating the impact of the local area partnership’s arrangements on the of children and young people with SEND in the local area
- The report will include an inspection outcome. It will say what the area partnership is doing well and what it needs to improve.
Your views are important. There are several ways you can be involved in the inspection.
- Surveys – this will be sent to all involved in working with children and families, it will ask you about any support your child gets for their education, health and care needs and their social life, and to prepare them for the next stage of their life – please make sure you are signed up as a member of WPCV to get an email from us with the link.
- Case Tracking – Inspectors will select approximately 6 children and young people and with consent from them and their families will hold tracking meetings to hear directly about their experiences and outcomes along with any involved practitioners in the local area partnerships such as teachers or therapists.
More information can be found on the following links:
Local Area SEND Inspection information for parents and carers
Area SEND inspection explained – information for parents and carers video