Following a visit to Bedford in February, inspectors from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission found that the relationship between Bedford Council's children's services and Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is poor, with close working hindered by a lack of understanding of each other's work.
Leaders on both sides were found to be failing to prioritise improving SEND support and were not holding each other to account. This was particularly found to be the case around duties under the Children and Families Act 2014, such as ensuring all children who are subject to statements of special educational need are converted to education, health and care (EHC) plans.
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