SEND Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) brings together data, evidence and intelligence from education, health and social care services to improve the understanding of the needs of children and young people with SEND in Barnet. It combines local data with regional, national and research evidence to provide a comprehensive picture of need, demand, outcomes and inequalities affecting children and young people with SEND.

The SEND JSNA examines the prevalence and characteristics of SEND across the borough, including trends in Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), SEN Support, educational attainment, transitions to adulthood and wider health and wellbeing outcomes. Barnet’s wider JSNA also considers the wider determinants of health, including poverty, housing, education and employment, recognising their impact on outcomes for children and young people with SEND.

Barnet's SEND JSNA highlights a continued increase in the number of children and young people requiring SEND support, whilst also demonstrating the borough's strong commitment to mainstream inclusion. The assessment provides an evidence base to support strategic planning, commissioning and service improvement across the local area partnership, helping to ensure that provision is equitable, high quality and responsive to changing need.

The SEND JSNA is published as an interactive dashboard and narrative report and is refreshed on a regular basis as new data becomes available. Click here to view the Barnet SEND Joint Strategic Needs Assessment for the latest data, analysis and evidence on children and young people with SEND in Barnet.

Further information is available within Barnet’s Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, including the dedicated SEND chapter and wider information on the health and wellbeing needs of Barnet residents. Click here to view Barnet’s Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

 

Special Provision Fund Allocation

We have worked with families, schools and stakeholders to plan for the next phase of provision for pupils with SEND.  Our ambition continues to be to provide as many local places as possible for pupils with Education, Health and Care Plans as we are committed to increasing parental choice and improving outcomes for our most vulnerable children and young adults. This document shows how we have done this and how to plan to develop our local offer further.

The special provision plan shows local groups how Barnet is investing in capital projects to get good outcomes for pupils with education, health and care (EHC) plans for their special educational need or disability.