Issue - meetings
SEND and AP Strategy and Outcomes Framework
Meeting: 09/07/2025 - Cabinet (Item 27)
27 Shropshire SEND and AP Strategy 
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Lead Member – Councillor Andy Hall, Portfolio Holder for Children and Education
Lead Officer – David Shaw, Director of Children’s Services
Additional documents:
- V7 Shropshire SEND and AP Strategy - February 2025, item 27
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- V9 Shropshire SEND and AP Outcomes Framework Final June 2, item 27
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Decision:
RESOLVED:
3.1 To consider the final draft SEND and AP Strategy 2025 – 2029 and recommend their adoption to full Council in September.
3.2 To consider the draft Outcomes Framework and recommend their adoption to full Council in September as a ‘live working document’, noting the ambitions to focus on improving outcomes for children, young people and families.
3.3 To receive an update in 6 months on the development of the implementation plans and refinement of the multi-agency workstreams to deliver the strategy. This should also include a progress update with respect to the development of measurable outcomes and further refinement of the Outcomes Framework.
Minutes:
Cllr Andy Hall, Portfolio Holder for Children and Education, presented the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Strategy, which had been co-produced by the SEND and AP Partnership Board to support the best outcomes for children, young people, and their families. The Shropshire Parent and Care Council had contributed to the strategy in developing targets.
Further work would be undertaken on development and identification of more precise outcome measures to maximise accountability and provide a coherent and consistent direction for practitioners, providers and those supporting children.
It was noted that an update was recommended for 6 months time and a suggestion was made that a scrutiny committee be involved in a review of progress made.
RESOLVED:
3.1 To consider the final draft SEND and AP Strategy 2025 – 2029 and recommend their adoption to full Council in September.
3.2 To consider the draft Outcomes Framework and recommend their adoption to full Council in September as a ‘live working document’, noting the ambitions to focus on improving outcomes for children, young people and families.
3.3 To receive an update in 6 months on the development of the implementation plans and refinement of the multi-agency workstreams to deliver the strategy. This should also include a progress update with respect to the development of measurable outcomes and further refinement of the Outcomes Framework.