In its response to an Ofsted consultation on a new SEND area inspection framework, the ADCS raised concerns that the new inspection regime “will rapidly date” because it is based on government reforms to SEND services and alternative provision (AP), which are still subject to consultation and could change.
“The draft framework has been informed by a recent green paper outlining the government’s plans to reform SEND and AP, yet these plans were presented as preliminary and designed to generate discussion,” the response states.
“The health, children’s social care, education and SEND systems are being reformed and the shape and scope of many of these reforms are still to be determined; we await the outcome of a public consultation about the plans contained within the SEND and AP green paper.”
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