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Special Educational
Needs and Disabilities
We work in partnership across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West to support children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their families.
What is SEND?
A child or young person, aged up to 25 years, has special educational needs and /or disabilities if they have a learning difficulty and/or a disability that means they need special health and education support. We shorten this to SEND.
The SEND Code of Practice identifies ‘four broad areas of [special educational] need and support’
- Communication and interaction
- Cognition and learning
- Social, emotional, and mental health difficulties
- Sensory and/or physical needs
Support for children with SEND and their families.
This is provided by local authorities across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West. We call this the ‘Local Offer’. The Local Offer is also the name for the online information about SEND services that we publish.
Each of our three places has a SEND Local Offer which provides information in one place. They can be found here:
- Buckinghanshire SEND Local Offer
- Oxfordshire SEND Local Offer
- Reading SEND Local Offer
- West Berkshire SEND Local Offer
- Wokingham SEND Local Offer
Further information can be found in the info boxes below:
Working with people and communities
What happens at your appointment
Involving children and young people
Common conditions you can get help for
SEND strategy and services
What happens at your appointment
Inspections and national guidance
Common conditions you can get help for
