News and Resources
ESPCF September 2021 update
It wasn’t exactly a quiet summer, was it? Certainly not for the forum, with the publication of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) in mid-August – to which many of you contributed by completing the parent carer survey earlier in the year – and ongoing challenges around home-to-school transport arrangements. So while we’d love to ... Read more
Report published on SEND provision in East Sussex
Many East Sussex parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) will remember completing a survey earlier this year which asked about your family’s views and experiences of SEND services in East Sussex. This parent carer survey fed into the SEND Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). This looks ... Read more
Home to school transport – position statement
East Sussex Parent Carer Forum has published a position statement which demonstrates the priorities we have raised with East Sussex County Council when discussing retendering of some home to school transport contracts during 2021 for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The statement also outlines transport issues outside the retender process ... Read more
ESPCF statement
We are so sorry to have to tell you that Jo Nye, our brilliant vice chair, has made the decision to step down from her position at the forum. Jo has been the heart of ESPCF since it began and has worked, and continues to work, tirelessly for SEND families across East Sussex. A comment ... Read more
Open letter to the SEND community from children and families minister Vicky Ford
The children and families minister Vicky Ford MP has written an open letter to the SEND community in which she outlines some of the latest information and guidance relating to the current national lockdown. Download letter from Minister Ford to SEND sector 14 Jan 2021 (PDF) Key headlines include: The legal duty on schools and ... Read more
Exercising outside during lockdown – letter for SEND families
Together with our parent carer forum neighbours, and local charities Amaze and Reaching Families, we have created a letter for parent carers and their child or young person with special educational needs or disabilities to use when exercising outside during this latest lockdown (January 2021): Download letter re exercising Jan 2021 (PDF) The purpose of ... Read more