Families in Partnership newsletter - December 2022

We're looking forward to bringing parent carers and professionals together to find out more about what's available in Gloucestershire.

The Banded Funding project has been commissioned to design and deliver a universal banded funding system for pupils with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) to replace the current Resource Allocation System (RAS) and the existing Special School banding framework.

We are progressing with the redesign of the EHCP Pathway and EHC Portal’s pilot and will be launching both fully on January 23 2023.

In Gloucestershire, we are working hard to ensure we are meeting the statutory timescales for completing EHC needs assessments and, when agreed, issuing EHC plans.  The full process must be completed within 20 weeks. We continue to face challenges with our timescales but we are making progress.

The Integrated Care System has appointed Active Impact to manage an all-age Neurodiversity Network for Gloucestershire.

The Social Communication and Autism Assessment Service (SCAAS) opened to referrals on the 1 September 2022.

Introducing Dan and his role supporting development of our Local Offer.

Hello, my name is Martha. As the Engagement Officer for Future Me Gloucestershire, I am in the privileged position to meet with children and Young People from across the county to hear their views.

For every child that is entitled to free school meals the school receives extra funding to enhance provision and improve progress and outcomes for children. So please apply even if you do not wish to take up your free school meal.

Find out how Gloucestershire County Council's Support Hub can help you.

Useful contacts during the winter months.

This is a 10-week course for adults with Autism to help improve their employability, hone their uniqueness and reduce any barriers to getting that job!

SAND Academies Trust are delighted to have been appointed as the sponsor responsible for the opening a new school in Stroud.

Gloucestershire Carers Hub pride ourselves on providing a person centred approach to any carer, and this includes parent carers, who registers or is referred to us.

The Gloucestershire Carers Hub Carers Rights Day event at Churchdown Community Association was a huge success with over 200 people attending.