Hello,
Welcome to the survey start page. Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are visiting your area to understand more about arrangements for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) who are not in school. Thank you for helping us by answering this survey.
As part of the visits, inspectors want to know more about how children with SEND have been supported to meet their education, health and social care needs.
This survey is for professionals and parents or carers of children with SEND who are not in school only. By a child not in school, we mean children who are not registered at a school or do not attend school full-time because they are flexi-schooled, are on a part-time timetable or are severely absent from school (absent for more than 50% of sessions).
This optional survey should take around 5-10 minutes to complete. Your answers will not contribute to any judgements of your local area, and we are not asking for any details that may identify you.
We will use the evidence we collect through surveys primarily to inform our final national report. Findings will not be attributed to any specific area. We will also review survey responses periodically.
If you are both a parent/carer as well as a professional, please select one perspective for your response. You are welcome to retake the survey from the alternative perspective.
Your information
This survey is run by SmartSurvey. You can find out what they will do with your information here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/privacy-policy.
SmartSurvey will pass your information to Ofsted, and Ofsted will delete the information 3 years after the final national report is published.
We will review survey responses periodically. If you have any concerns or complaints about the process, please go to the online form available at Complain about Ofsted - GOV.UK
You can also search online for the local authority’s multi-agency safeguarding arrangements to find details of how to report a concern.
Safeguarding concerns
Our surveys are anonymous, but if what you tell us makes us worried about you or another child or young person is at risk of harm, we will tell the local authority. If you would like to speak to someone about any safeguarding concerns or for free and confidential advice or support, you can call Childline on 0800 1111. If you are older than 18 you can call NSPCC on 0808 800 5000.
The survey will remain live until 5 p.m. on the 13th February.