Provisions for children and young people with special educational needs in Knowsley have been called into question.
“Significant areas of weakness” have been identified through a joint inspection of Knowsley Council earlier this year by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to judge the effectiveness of the area in implementing the special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) reforms as set out in the Children and Families Act 2014.
The four-day visit found that while leaders are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND in the borough, a Written Statement of Action (WSOA) is required because of significant areas of weakness in the area’s practice. The joint report said that Knowsley has been too slow to reforms made in relation to SEND in 2014, but had “made progress at pace” in the last four years.
