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Reforms introduced under the Children and Families Act 2014 have seen an increase in expectations on council special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services. This, combined with a rising number of children being identified as needing SEND support, has led to councils rethinking how they deliver services.
London’s bi-borough partnership between Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea councils is tackling this challenge with innovation, building on initial efficiencies established when they first began sharing children’s services in 2011.
While employees of both boroughs share an office at Kensington Town Hall, service integration across borough boundaries has been largely limited to strategic working.
Assistant director of SEND at Westminster City Council Julie Ely explains that the leadership team “operates as a bi-borough”, but beyond that, the service delivers “as individual sovereign boroughs”.
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