Our progress with tackling the areas for improvement in the Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection.
In January 2023, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) adopted a new inspection framework for jointly inspecting local area arrangements for children and young people with SEND.
All local area partnerships are inspected under this new framework, which looks closely at:
- the effectiveness of the partnership's SEND arrangements on children and young people
- the impact on children's outcomes and lived experiences
- how well local area partners work together
- how families experience the system
Bristol's next SEND and CQC Local Area inspection will be under this new framework.
November 2024
Ofsted and the CQC told us that we've made significant progress against our document Accelerated Progress Plan(195 KB) and that formal monitoring would end.
The Department for Educaton (DfE) acknowledged the commitment and hard work from:
- the Bristol Parent Carer Forum
- Bristol City Council
- the Integrated Carer Board
- families
- the workforce across education, health and social care
Older updates
- 15 June 2023: document Bristol SEND Accelerated Progress Plan(195 KB)
- 23 November 2022: pdf Ofsted and CQC Inspection revisit report(128 KB)
- 20 September 2022: notification of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) local area re-visit
- 5 November 2021: Written Statement of Action (WSoA) update. The pdf WSoA progress report(306 KB) sets out the progress made against the July 2021 milestone.
- 25 May 2021: EHC plan and annual review audit update
- 20 January 2021: pdf second Written Statement of Action update(183 KB)
- 22 September 2020: pdf Written Statement of Action update(455 KB) (WSoA) and the pdf accessible WSoA update(285 KB) set out the progress made against the July 2020 milestone
- 21 May 2020: pdf You Said, We Did report(596 KB) sets out the feedback we received and explains how we've responded within the Written Statement of Action
- 20 April 2020: Written Statement of Action (WSoA) is the detailed plan to improve key areas identified in the Ofsted and CQC inspection report
- 14 January 2020: Bristol City Council announces proposed SEND budget boost for 2020/21
- 20 December 2019: Inspection findings of Bristol City Council's Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) services published
- 20 December 2019: pdf Ofsted and CQC inspection SEND report(173 KB)
