Health practitioners “do not routinely notify support services about pre-school children who have or are likely to have SEND”, according to the joint inspection team from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission.
Without this information the council and schools “cannot accurately plan services for the future”, they detail in their report, following a visit in September.
Also, schools need to do more to identify pupils’ needs earlier. In some cases the needs of children are not identified until they attend alternative provision settings after being excluded.
“Although pupils’ needs are well met” once they have been recognised, inspectors found that they “struggle to reintegrate back into school because their needs were identified too late”.
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