Key performance indicators

SEND Data Capacity and Capability

SEND Regional Diagnostics

SEND Universal Improvement

Project No. 4   SEND Workforce development in residential settings       Mark Evans

1. By end Oct 25, we will enrol 12 residential workers on the Kingston University Social Pedagogy Diploma. 2. By end Mar 26, we will publish an interim evaluation of their experiences on the course. 3. By end Mar 26, we will publish recommendations for the future of training and development for residential workers

Project No. 5   Take Your Place: CSC and SEND future leaders programme   Mark Evans

By end Mar 26, 40 SE delegates will have completed leadership development opportunities across the four programmes, and these delegates will be drawn from at least 15 SE LAs, and at least 3 of these delegates will have secured AD appointments. By end Mar 26, we will have delivered a “Leading in Partnership” programme with delegates from LAs, statutory and third sector partners. By end Mar 26, we will publish an evaluation of the programmes offered and share this with SEND strategic leads and SE DCSs By end Mar 26, we will publish a programme of further leadership development for 2026-27.

Project No. 7   SEND workforce Claire Woodcock

By end Oct 25, we will publish the SE SEND workforce survey (phase 1) and share this with SEND strategic leads and SE DCSs By end Oct 25, we will publish the SEND Workforce Induction Pack, including the virtual legal training. By end Dec 25, we will have identified a provider to be our partner in the proposed apprenticeship programme. By end Mar 26, we will have held 3 meetings of the project working group. By end Mar 26, we will have begun at least 4 pilots of the apprenticeship programme

Project No. 8   SEND Strategic Leads   Sheelagh Sullivan

By end Mar 26, we will organise/hold 4 meetings, including: 2 meetings as regional in-person conferences with wider partners attending.2 meetings held jointly with the Education Network By end Mar 26, we will have engaged with all 19 SE LAs, with at half attending each meeting. By end Mar 26, we will publish an interim evaluation of the work of the group and share this with SE DCSs

Project No.9   SEND Operational Leads     Sheelagh Sullivan

By end Mar 26, we will organise/hold 4 meetings, including: 2 meetings as regional in-person conferences with wider partners attending.2 meetings held jointly with the Education Network By end Mar 26, we will have engaged with all 19 SE LAs, with at half attending each meeting. By end Mar 26, we will publish an interim evaluation of the work of the group and share this with SEND strategic leads and SE DCSs

Project No.10   PfA and post-16 Network   Julie Pointer

By end Mar 26, we will publish at one good practice guide or regional protocol/guideline. By end Mar 26, we will organise/hold at least 2 meetings of the network. By end Mar 26, we will have engaged with all 19 SE LAs, as well as a range of professionals and providers and wider partners, including NNPCF.By end Mar 26, we will publish an interim evaluation share this with SEND strategic leads and SE DCSs By end Mar 26, we will publish a programme for 2026-27, including anticipated impacts on outcomes for CYP

Project No. 11 DCO/DMO Network Sheelagh Sullivan

By end Mar 26, the SE19 SEND programme will attend every meeting organised by the NHS

Project No.12 SEND Forum Sheelagh Sullivan

By end Mar 26, we will organise one forum every half term (6 per year in total, 4 before end of March 26), chaired jointly with NHSBy end Mar 26, we will organise one forum every half term (6 per year in total, 4 before end of March 26), chaired jointly with NHS.By end Mar 26, we will have engaged with all 19 SE LAs as well as a range of professionals and providers and wider partners, including NNPCF and CYPBy end Mar 26, we will publish an interim evaluation and share this with SE DCSs

Project No.13   CYP Regional Network   Julie Pointer

By end Nov 25, we will identify regional leaders in this area of work, with at least one contact per LA area.By end Mar 26, we will organise 2 meetings, with at least 50% of LAs attending each meeting. By end Mar 26, we will have engaged with all 19 SE LAsBy end Mar 26, we will publish a “state of the region” report setting out how CYP are currently engaged in services across the region and share this with SEND strategic leads and SE DCS

Project No.15   Task-and-finish AP Community of Practice   Chris Owen

By end Mar 26, we will devise and deliver 5 pilots for a QA programme for Alternative Provision settings.By end Mar 26, we will organise at least 3 meetings of the network.By end Mar 26, we will have engaged with all 19 SE LAs, with at least 50% attending each meeting.By end Mar 26 we will publish an interim evaluation of the pilots and share this with SEND strategic leads and SE DCS

Project No. 17   Developing SEND specialism/expertise   Jo McSherrie/ Sheelagh Sullivan

By end Mar 26, we will publish one exemplar topic pack.By end Mar 26, we will organise 3 meetings of the community of practice, including representatives from health services, specialist teaching services, schools (special and mainstreamBy end Mar 26, we will have engaged with all 19 SE areas, with at least 50% attending each meeting.By end Mar 26, we will publish an interim evaluation and share this with SEND strategic leads and SE DCSBy end Mar 26, we will publish a programme for 2026-27, including anticipated impacts on outcomes for CYP

Project No. 18   Using technology to improve decision making in SEND to enable best use of resources to support CYP with SEND   Nick King

By end Dec 25, we will publish the proof of concept for the proposed banding tool.By end Mar 26, we will publish an interim evaluation and share this with SEND strategic leads and SE DCSBy end Mar 26, we will publish a programme for 2026-27, including anticipated impacts on some or all of the following outcomes:% reduction in time from school request to LA triage decision% of cases where triage decisions match expert panel review% decrease in referrals escalated unnecessarily% reduction in variation of response across schools or localitiesNumber and quality of triage data reports generated.% of users (schools, LA officers) rating triage process as helpful or clearEstimated cost per triaged request vs traditional process.Number of refinements made to the triage model during PoC

Project No.19   Working with partners to improve co-production   Sheelagh Sullivan

By end Mar 26, we will identify at least 2 examples of regional good practice and share at SEND regional forums.By end Mar 26, we will organise/hold 2 meetings.By end Mar 26, we will have engaged with all 19 SE LAs, and involved representatives from regional partners in SEND, including CYP.By end Mar 26, we will publish a “state of the region” report summarising the current position including any barriers to progress and ideas for improvement and share this with SEND strategic leads and SE DCSs

Project No.20 Mainstream Inclusion Project   Marian Cullen

By end Mar 26, we will deliver a regional inclusion tool that supports the establishment of Inclusion communities of practice in local areas. By end Mar 26, we will organise 2 meetings of a regional community of practice to include partners in SEND, as well as schools, settings, young people and LA.By end Mar 26, we will have engaged with all 19 SE areas, with at least 50% attending each meeting.By end Mar 26, we will publish an interim evaluation and share this with SEND strategic leads and SE DCSsBy end Mar 26, we will have planned a regional celebration of best inclusion practice that will be held in the summer term 26. The celebration will include an awards ceremony. Judging will be completed bythe end of March 26.

Project No. 21 SENDAP Inclusion Chris Owen

By end Mar 26, we will publish the learning from 4 projects which explore suitable s.19 placements

Project No. 22   Youth Offending Teams and Speech and Language assessment   Carly Murphy

By end Dec 25, we will establish a steering group for the project including MKC, TVP, SLT and SEND specialists. By end Mar 26, we will publish a plan for an evidence-based method for identifying and supporting CYP with unrecognised and/or undiagnosed needs who are on the edge of the criminal justice system, including :receiving the right speech and language interventions receiving the right SEND interventions By end Mar 26, we will produce a plan for implementation and roll-out across the 9 LAs within the Thames Valley Police area

SEND Targeted Support

Project No. 33   Targeted Support Chris Baird/Claire Woodcock

By end Sep 25, we will publish a prospectus for the SE targeted support programme, covering both giving and receiving specialist help. By end Mar 26, we will deliver 12 SEND targeted support packages to individual LAs within the region,By end Mar 26, we have engaged with all 19 LAs, either as potential donors or recipients (or both) of helpBy end Mar 26, we will publish an interim evaluation and share this with SEND strategic leads and SE DCSs

CSC Data Capacity & Capability

Project No. 1   Data Benchmarking for both CSC and SEND   Luke Ede	By end of Mar 26, we will deliver the quarterly and annual CSC benchmark reports for the RIIA, Peer Challenge, Early Help, and Adoption datasets.By end of Mar 26, we will have engaged with all 19 SE LAs in both data collection and workshop participation.By end of Mar 26, we will organise/hold 3 meetings of the data managers network and 3 meetings of Insights & Trends workshops.

CSC Regional Diagnostics

Project No. 3   DCS self- assessment and peer challenge   Richard Tyndall

By end Nov 25, we will circulate the Peer Challenge Data Sets following publication of Q2 benchmarks. By end Mar 26, we will deliver 6 triad/quartet self-assessment and peer challenge events. By end Mar 26, we will have identified potential targeted support projects for the targeted support team to consider, or referral to other national or regional support programmes. 4.         By end Mar 26, we will publish regional improvement priorities as identified in the peer challenge sessions

CSC Universal Improvement

Project No. 5   Take Your Place: CSC and SEND future leaders programme   Mark Evans

By end Mar 26, 40 SE delegates will have completed leadership development opportunities across the four programmes, and these delegates will be drawn from at least 15 SE LAs, and at least 3 of these delegates will have secured AD appointments. By end Mar 26, we will have delivered a “Leading in Partnership” programme with delegates from LAs, statutory and third sector partners. By end Mar 26, we will publish an evaluation of the programmes offered and share this with SE DCSsBy end Mar 26, we will publish a programme of further leadership development for 2026-27,

Project No. 6   CSC workforce agency and MoC   Mark Evans

By end Dec 25, we will publish the findings of the Big Conversation Research (Survey and Focus Groups) to inform the future development of workforce support in the region, and share this with SE DCSs. By end Mar 26, we will support full compliance with the SE MoC to keep agency social worker pay under control (measured via SE Agency Dash Board)

Project No. 16   Transformation Network   Rebecca Eligon

By end Dec 25, we will publish a “state of the region” report assessing the relative readiness of each participating LA to implement the CSC national framework.By end Mar 26, we will organise 3 meetings of the network. By end Mar 26, we will have engaged with all 19 SE LAs, with at least 50% attending each meeting. By end Mar 26, we will publish an interim evaluation and share the results with SE DCSs By end Mar 26, we will publish a programme for 2026-27, including anticipated impacts on outcomes for CYP

Project No.24   Widening community involvement in Fostering   Rebecca Eligon

By end Mar 26, we will map practice, convene a codesign group, develop legally compliant costed models, design a QA approach. By end Mar 26, we will publish qualitative feedback from foster carers, host LA/s and children. By end Mar 26, we will publish a programme for 2026-27, including the publication of an invest-to-save business case

Project No. 25   Regional training to increase skill in adoption and early permanence   Rebecca Eligon

By end Mar 26, we will deliver an online training programme for case-holding social workers about adoption and early permanence. By end Mar 26, we will publish a business case for testing models in year two, including a project implementation plan. By end Mar 26, we will publish KPIs for year two covering: number of people recruited, number of volunteers vs paid, survey feedback from people recruited and foster carers, % breakdown among foster carers with and without this support.

Project No. 26 Coproducing a regional Kinship local offer, focusing on less heard voices   Rebecca Eligon

By end Mar 26, we will deliver a regional template for the co- production of a local Kinship Care offer. By end Mar 26, we will have engaged with all 19 SE LAs, both staff and kinship carers, with at least 50% of the areas contributing to the preparation of the template By end Mar 26, we will publish an interim evaluation and share it with the SE Kinship Care Network By end Mar 26, we will publish a programme for 2026-27, including anticipated impacts on outcomes for CYP

Project No. 27   Business case for Kinship Connected   Rebecca Eligon

By end Mar 26, we will deliver a business case for deployment of Kinship Connected and share it with the SE Kinship Network

Project No.28   Piloting Kinship Reach   Rebecca Eligon

By end Mar 26, we will deliver a pilot deployment of Kinship Reach By end Mar 26, we will publish an interim evaluation and share it with the SE Kinship Network By end Mar 26, we will receive positive expressions from over 70% of the participants. By end Mar 26, we will publish a programme for 2026-27, including anticipated impacts on outcomes for CYP

CSC Targeted Support

Project No.33 Targeted support Chris Baird/Claire Woodcock	By end Sep 25, we will publish a prospectus for the SE targeted support programme, covering both giving and receiving specialist help. By end Mar 26, we will deliver 3 CSC targeted support packages to individual LAs within the region, By end Mar 26, we have engaged with all 19 LAs, either as potential donors or recipients (or both) of help. By end Mar 26, we will publish an interim evaluation and share this with SE DCSs