INITIATIVES - STATEMENTS OR SOMETHING BETTER
Pilot Schemes
The Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong and Skills has recently agreed to provide funding of £2m over the next three financial years (2009 – 2012) to establish the pilot projects to further develop a statutory system for ensuring all pupils with ALN have their needs met appropriately and in a timely manner.
The Welsh Assembly Government is currently seeking the participation of local authorities (LA) in the developmental pilot schemes in the following four areas:
Quality assurance of ALN provision
The aims of the pilot will be to develop a comprehensive framework for the self-evaluation, monitoring and evaluation of educational provision for children and young people with ALN, which includes the following aspects:
- Individual outcomes
- Best practice in educating pupils with ALN
- DDA requirements
- Value for money
Formal consultation will follow the piloting process and no changes to the statutory assessment framework for SEN will take place without this formal consultation.
Further Information
If you would like further information or you wish to express views on the future direction of change, please contact:
Cliff Warwick, Inclusion Development Officer by email at
cliff.warwick@wales.gsi.gov.uk
or
Carys Richards at Carys.Richards@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Background Documentation
The following documents are also available either on the Welsh Assembly Government website or on request:
- Statutory Assessment and Special Educational Needs: In Need of Review. (Audit Commission, 2002)
- Best practice in the development of statements of special educational needs and delivery by schools of the action agreed. (Estyn, 2004)
- Statements or what? Meeting Additional Learning Needs. (Statutory Assessment and Statementing Task Group, 2005)
- Policy Review of Special Educational Needs Part 2: Statutory Assessment Framework (Statementing) (National Assembly for Wales, Education Lifelong Learning and Skills Committee, May 2006)
- Statements or Something Better? (Welsh Assembly consultation document, 2007)
- Statements or Something Better? (Welsh Assembly Government consultation story boards, 2007)
- Report on the consultation with parents and carers. (Welsh Assembly Government, 2007)
- Report on the consultation with professionals. (Welsh Assembly Government, 2007)
- Statements or Something Better? : A Summary of Progress to date and The Next Steps (Welsh Assembly Government, May 2008)
You can download the following from this website
A progress report January 2009
Summary of Progress to date and next steps May 2008
Summary of Professional Views (DRAFT) January 2008
Summary of Parental Views September 2007
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