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

To find out more about the work we are doing to improve SEND services in Torbay, in partnership with Torbay Council, please use these links to the council’s website. The Ofsted Reports page includes the last SEND Ofsted/CQC report, the Priority Impact Plan (including an easy read version of the impact plan), while the SEND page provides information on strategies and plans that aim to improve outcomes and life chances for children and young people with SEND in Torbay.

Torbay SEND OFSTED Inspection June 2025

The statement below is from Nancy Meehan, Director of Children’s Services, and Su Smart, Director of Women and Children’s Improvement, NHS Devon.

The OFSTED / Care Quality Commission (CQC) report into the Torbay Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) local area partnership has been published today following an inspection carried out in March 2025.

The report identifies aspects of the provision where we are performing well and areas for improvement.

Many aspects of our improvement work are already underway, and we have robust plans in place to continue to build on the improvement work we have done to date.

We are committed to addressing these challenges locally, but meaningful and lasting improvements require systemic reform at the national level.

What we are doing well

  • Our early years support through our Family Hubs and the Healthy Child programme
  • The work of our Mental Health in Schools team
  • The strength of our neurodiversity support programme – co-produced with families and health professionals
  • Our key worker service for young people with autism and learning difficulties
  • Our school nursing teams

We are committed to ongoing improvement across all SEND provision and will continue to work with parents, carers and practitioners to develop and strengthen it.

Our priority remains the wellbeing and success of our children and young people.

The report can be viewed here 

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