Read the messages which came through from parent carers at our drop-in sessions on early years services and support, post-16 services and support, and the neurodevelopmental pathway.

We held two sessions for parent carers to talk about specialist facilities in mainstream schools. The feedback from these sessions will feed into the local authority’s work on planning and monitoring of educational provision in East Sussex. Read about the main messages and what happens next.

Read a summary of our latest news and activities, including our engagement work across the county.

Read about our recent meeting with the Children’s Disability Service which we arranged following feedback from parent carers asking for more information about specialist respite services

Each term we ask parent carers in East Sussex to let us know their overall feelings about how things are going in what we call our ‘temperature check’ poll. Click to see the spring 2023 results.

We expect that East Sussex County Council will soon receive an area SEND inspection from Ofsted and the CQC (Care Quality Commission) under the new framework which started in January this year. Read about what happens during an inspection and how families can share their views.

ESPCF received feedback from parent carers asking for clarity about whether or not the local authority diagnoses dyslexia. Click to read what ISEND said and let us know your views.

Parent carers in East Sussex met with CAMHS participation workers to discuss experiences of the system and ideas for positive change. Read our summary of the sessions.

The government’s SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) and alternative provision improvement plan has been published. Read our initial thoughts.

Read parent carer feedback about improving the experience of MRI appointments for SEND families.