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Bristol's SEND Local Offer

Support in the local area for children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities

Bristol’s SEND Local Offer provides information, advice and guidance on special educational, health and social care provision from early years to college.

Give us your views on how to improve SEND support

Tell us about your experience of SEND support in education and how we can improve it. Take the online survey. Ends on 13 January 2019.

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0 to 5 years old

Early years support for children from birth to five years.

All ages

Health and social care, and education and training support that any children or young people may be able to access.

Get involved with improving the Local Offer

How parents, carers, children and young people can get involved in their local area to give their views.

Guide to school support for children with special educational needs (SEN)

What schools should have in place for pupils with SEN

Children aged 5 to 16 years old

5 to 16 years old

SEND in schools, including special schools, and school transport

Give us your views on how to improve SEND support

Tell us if SEND support has worked well for your family and how to improve it. Survey ends 13 January.

Social care support for children and families

What social care support is, how we assess needs and how we provide help.

Bristol's Children's Disability Register

Sign up to the Register to get a free discount card and stay updated on what’s available in your area.

16 to 25 year olds

Types of support available to help young people prepare for adult life.

Education, health and care plans

What an education, health and care plan is, who they're for and how to request an assessment

Health services

Support for children with complex medical needs, health and care resources in the Local Offer and hospital passports

About our SEND Local Offer

Find out what our Local Offer is all about, who it's for, what it covers of and how we're developing it

Practitioners and professionals can find SEND information in Resources for professionals on the main Bristol City Council website.

SEND resources for professionals

The Bristol City Council website has information that professionals can use to support families of with children who have SEND.