Guidance

Area SEND inspections: information about ongoing inspections

Guides for parents, carers, children and young people about inspections of local services for children and young people with SEND.

Applies to England

Documents

Details

Area SEND inspections: for parents and carers

Area SEND inspection explained - information for parents and carers

Area SEND inspections: British Sign Language (BSL)

Information for parents and carers

Information for parents and carers about the area SEND inspection of your local area - YouTube

Information for children and young people

Information for children and young people about the area SEND inspection of your local area - YouTube

Area SEND inspections

Ofsted and CQC jointly inspect local area partnerships to see how well they work together to improve the experiences and outcomes of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The inspections are carried out in line with the area SEND inspection framework and handbook.

From January 2023, all local area partnerships will receive an inspection under the new area SEND framework. The area SEND inspections under the new framework will follow a continuous cycle of inspections. Local area partnerships are inspected at least once every 5 years.

Areas we will inspect

Inspection reports

Read our reports for area SEND inspections.

Updates to this page

Published 9 June 2016

Last updated 283 AprilMarch 2025 + show hide all updates" href="#full-history">+ show all updates
    1. Added inspection dates and survey details for Redbridge Local Area Partnership.

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