09/01/2026
This may be of interest to our followers 👉
Essex Family Forum has launched its 2025 Family Impact Survey and is inviting SEND parents and carers across Essex to take part.
📣Your voice matters in the SEND Local Area Inspection
Ofsted and CQC want to understand what SEND support is really like for families in Essex.
You can share your experience whether you are a parent/carer, a child/young person or a practitioner. This survey only takes a few minutes, which you can complete here 👉https://ofsted.smartsurvey.co.uk/p/AreaSend/10364949
They’re asking:
• Are children’s needs identified early?
• Is the right support in place?
• Are parents and carers listened to?
• Are young people being prepared for adulthood?
The inspection will shape future SEND services in Essex – and families’ experiences are a vital part of that.
👉 You can Read more about howthe inspection works here: https://essexfamilyforum.org/ofsted-cqc-visit
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Area SEND inspection for Essex Local Area Partnership. Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are visiting your area to inspect the local arrangements for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities (SEND).
The inspectors want to know about the help and support that children and young people with SEND get. You can tell us by filling in a survey below. What you tell us will be treated in confidence.
The surveys will close at 9am on Tuesday 13 January 2026.
Please take this opportunity to have your say
by clicking the link above to complete
the relevant survey. Thank you!
