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SEND Commissioning within Hertfordshire County Council are excited to announce the launch of our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Community Activities Directory. This directory promotes a wide range of community activities for families and young people with SEND, a comprehensive resource for families and professionals.

The latest Inclusion and Skills update for May 2024 from Hero Slinn, Director Inclusion & Skills, HCC is now available.

Here is the first of our regular quarterly updates on improvements to SEND services in Hertfordshire, demonstrating how we are making progress against the priority and improvement areas outlined in the local area SEND inspection report.

The new James Marks Academy is a new communication and autism secondary school currently being constructed in Welwyn Garden City. This new school is part of the council’s aim to provide increased communication and autism provision, through a graduated offer, across the county. Whilst most children with autism can have their needs met in mainstream schools, through quality inclusive teaching, some need more targeted support.

You may be aware there are shortages in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medications across the UK. In this article you will find some information to explain the current situation and some suggestions about what your education setting can do to support students, parents and carers to manage this period of shortage.

A new facility to support students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), at Bushey Meads secondary school, was officially opened by Hertfordshire Council Council’s Director of Inclusion and Skills, Hero Slinn, on Tuesday 13 February at an event attended by the High Sheriff of Hertfordshire and the Mayor of Hertsmere.

Updates from Hertfordshire County Council on the new Children's Service programme 'Making SEND Everyone's Business' including a blog to read and share with families

After our first invitation in December, around 50 SENCOs signed up to be part of the SENCO online feedback group. Thank you to all those who have joined – we are starting to share some (completely optional) tasks and activities that will help us make improvements to Hertfordshire SEND services and help us understand how to support SENCOs better in your challenging roles.

There are new resources to support Early Years inclusion in your school including webinars to support staff to implement provision and guidance on Early Years SEND funding. 

Hertfordshire's SEND Toolkit has been updated for 2023-24 with a significant number of new tools and resources and is free and available to all schools.

The SEND Toolkit is an essential resource to support schools and SENCOs deliver high quality SEN provision; the toolkit is packed with helpful information, useful tools and resources and links to a wide range of guidance.