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The SEND Families in Partnership October newsletter for families with SEND as well as school staff and practitioners

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The October edition of the monthly SEND Families in Partnership newsletter is now available and has information on the latest news for our families with SEND in Gloucestershire.

Launch of the Annual SEND Surveys 2026. The SEND and Inclusion Partnership (SILAP) is pleased to launch the Annual SEND Surveys - one for Parent Carers of children and young people aged 0-25 and one for Young People with SEND aged 16-25. Both surveys run from Monday, 5 October to Friday, 4 December 2026. Read the full article here.

Updates on specialist and mainstream SEND provision in Gloucestershire. The SEND Sufficiency Team at Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) details updates in this article on the new SEND Sufficiency Strategy 2026-2031, the new special school - Gloucestershire Academy for Inspirational Learning (GAIL) - as well as the work around updating existing schools and settings. Read the full article here.

A welcome from Gloucestershire Parent Carer Forum (GPCF), who share the exciting news about their upcoming Annual SEND Information Fair, taking place on Monday, 8 February 2027 and news about the events they'll be involved in during October. Read the full article here.

Other articles include:

Inclusive activities for autumn, Support for managing family finances, Improvements to SEND education information on the Local Offer, Supported internships for young people with SEND, News from the SEND and Inclusion Local Area Partnership.

Please circulate to staff and SEND families in your school and please subscribe.

To give feedback or if you would like something to be featured, please email familiesinpartnership@gloucestershire.gov.uk.