Sheffield SEND Manifesto
Learn Sheffield has been commissioned by SCC to support improvement in SEND in the city.
This commission includes both leading the development of the strategic approach and the delivery of some specific activities and reforms.
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Improving Resourced Provision
Learn Sheffield has been commissioned by SCC to support the improvement of resourced provision in the city. This includes Integrated Resource provision, hub provisions and any other provision being resourced by the setting to support the needs of children and young people who need provision that is additional or different to that which is typical.
We carried out an audit of the number, range and types of resourced provision in the city to update Inclusion Taskforce in spring 2025.
Nick Whittaker has been working with colleagues in Integrated Resources over the past 18 months to develop and test a set of quality standards as a basis from which to evaluate and seek to improve provision.
We published the quality standards below in October 2024 and they have also been used as part of a programme of 40 enquiry visits (these visits were part of the commission and therefore funded for the settings involved). This work was revisited with the working group in April 2025 and an updated version (also below) was published in 2025. The new version also contains suggested self-evaluation activities to support colleagues to evidence their evaluation judgements.
Quality Standards for Resourced Provision (October 2024)
Quality Standards for Resourced Provision (Updated May 2025)
We intend to publish a report later in the spring term of 2025 to share our findings. We will use this learning to inform the next phase of this work as well as the wider SEND Manifesto work.