Read about the results of our poll asking if you think we’re doing a good job, and for information about our funding, reporting, and what we do day-to-day.

We are often asking parent carers for their feedback – this is a core part of our work, feeding in your views and experiences to try and influence positive change. Click here to read a recent example of what happened with a specific piece of parent carer feedback.

We asked the transport hub at East Sussex County Council for an update on issues previously raised by parent carers, including driver and passenger assistant training, ID badges, and familiarisation visits.

ESPCF is involved in two groups which are working directly on issues relating to schools: school parent carer charter and primary to secondary transitions. Read on to find out what more.

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.