Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: For Determination

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: December 15, 2025

Purpose: Cabinet is asked to approve the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision (SENDAP) Strategy 2026-2030. The strategy has been coproduced with Children and Young people, Parents and Carers, SENCOS and School Leaders, and professionals and officers from across the local area partnership. Having an up to date strategy is a statutory requirement in the SEND Code of Practice (2015) and the Children and Families Act (2014) and our current strategy expires at the end of 2025.

Content: RESOLVED:   3.1.  Cabinet is recommended to approve the SEND and Inclusion 3 Year Strategy as set out in Appendix 2, allowing it to be published in January 2026.