Partnership SEND priority action plan

Bracknell Forest’s local area partnership for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) was inspected by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in February 2025.  

Inspectors published their report on 1 April 2025. It outlined several main areas for improvement, including:

  • 3 areas for priority action
  • progress made by the partnership to improve local SEND services since the previous inspection

Read the Area SEND inspection of Bracknell Forest Local Area report (PDF, 1.87MB).

A detailed action plan has been created to address priority areas for action.

The plan was written taking on board input from parent carer representatives and representatives from health and social care. It incorporated feedback from other professionals, including headteachers.

It provides a firm commitment to improvement. It also establishes the work the partnership, made up of Bracknell Forest Council and NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (ICB), will carry out over the next 18 months to tackle the issues identified and further progress the borough’s SEND improvement journey.

Ofsted endorsed the plan in June 2025.

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SEND Strategy Action Plan Addendum

In addition to the Priority Action Plan, the local area partnership has now published a new SEND Strategy Action Plan Addendum.

This SEND Improvement Action Plan complements the previously published SEND Priority Action Plan and is an essential part of Bracknell Forest’s continued response to the findings of the joint Ofsted and CQC SEND inspection in February 2025.

  • the Priority Action Plan addresses the 3 areas that inspectors identified as requiring urgent and immediate action
  • the Strategy Action Plan Addendum builds on the original 2023 to 2026 SEND Strategy and its early action plan, and outlines the partnership’s response to the additional areas for improvement highlighted in the inspection report

Together, these plans form a comprehensive programme to deliver real and lasting change for children and young people with SEND and their families.

SEND Improvement and Assurance Board

To deliver the improvements in this plan effectively and quickly, a new SEND Improvement and Assurance Board (SIAB) has been set up.

This board brings together senior leaders from the local area partnership. It includes:

  • Bracknell Forest Council
  • NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (ICB)
  • local health services
  • education settings
  • the Bracknell Forest Parent Carer Forum

The Bracknell Forest Parent Carer Forum serves as a strategic partner, representing the voice of parent carers.

Following each SIAB meeting, the chair will publish their reflections.

Feedback

Parent carers

If you are a parent carer, we would like to hear from you. Share your thoughts, feedback or experiences with our partner, Bracknell Parent Carer Forum (PCF). Their vision is "Working together to achieve the best possible futures for all families living with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)". Every story helps them to speak up for families and push for better support.

You can email them at bracknell.pcf@gmail.com.

You can also sign up for the PCF newsletter, which includes news and information from across the local area partnership.

Partner organisations

If you are a partner, you can give feedback through your organisation.

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