Devon County Council and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, (SEND):.

To find out more about the work we are doing to improve SEND services in Devon, in partnership with Devon County Council, please use the links below to the council’s website.

For too long, the experiences of many children and young people with SEND and their families in Devon have not been good. This must change. Children, young people and parent carers have told us what needs to change. We need to act on this and deliver results.

Devon County Council’s Written Statement of Action page includes the last SEND Ofsted/CQC report, the Written Statement of Action – while the SEND Working Together page provides information on the Devon County Council Local Area SEND Strategy, how to be involved and stay informed.

Devon County Council’s SEND Local Offer is here to help you find out about the support services available in Devon and how to access them.

Devon County Councils SEND Local Offer – The Four Cornerstones

In 2011, Genuine Partnerships (a not-for-profit community interest company from Rotherham made up of practitioners, parent carers and young people working together as equal partners) developed ‘The Four Cornerstones’ based on research involving children and young people with SEND and their families.​

It has been adopted nationally and Genuine Partnerships works with Contact (a charity for families with disabled children) to deliver training in local areas. ​

Devon County Council is adopting this tried and tested approach to embed a new culture which focuses on rebuilding trust and positive relationships.​

The Four Cornerstones will underpin Devon’s SEND Strategy and will be used to evaluate the progress in changing the culture.

The Four Cornerstones – Children, families and education

Key SEND links for families and young people in Devon are: