'You Said, We Did' SEND in Norfolk 2023-4

Over 1,200 of you gave your views by taking part in our SEND survey 2023. We read every comment and identified the key messages which were shared in our three Norfolk SEND survey 2023 reports which were published in autumn 2023.

We drew heavily on the SEND survey reports when developing our new Norfolk Area SEND and Alternative Provision Strategy (NASPAS). This is a five-year strategy 2024-29 with five important themes:

• My learning and development
• My changes and new beginnings
• My adult life
• My family is supported
• My friends and activities

Each theme has four or five priorities that were co-produced and then consulted on through eight NASAPS community engagement events. These were held in venues across Norfolk early in 2024.

Please read on to learn about what we are doing to address the issues raised by children and young people (CYP) with SEND, their parents/carers and the professionals who work with them. 

1. Lack of inclusive activities and events
2. Bullying
3. Improve communication and shared decision-making
4. Improve support for mental health difficulties
5. More support for families
6. Support for professionals to gain specialist SEND knowledge 
7. Improve support to help meet needs at SEN Support
8. Improve waiting times for speech and language therapy support
9. Reduce waiting times for neurodevelopment assessments
10. Make SEND information easy to find, understand and use
11. Next steps