UPDATE NO 318 07 September 2018

2018-19 DCS Peer Challenge Arrangements

Congratulations to Hampshire and IoW, Milton Keynes and Slough (Triad 3) who have agreed Friday 15 February 2019 for their challenge day. Isabelle Gregory (contact details below) will be in touch to chase progress with other Traids.

The “Trial Run” Regional Improvement Plan is now available to DCSs only (The restricted v1.7 now available login to restrcited area first, contact Isabelle Gregory if you need help). The SESLIP team is preparing missing sections on continuing and new SESLIP improvement activities as well as ensuring co-ordination with the PiP and LGA support programmes. We plan to circulate a version 1.8 before the SE ADCS meeting on 5 October.

Thanks to Brighton and Hove, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Milton Keynes, Slough, West Berkshire and Wokingham (9/19) for returning signed copies of the memorandum of undertanding which sets out the rationale for particpation in the SESLI Programme and the Peer Challenges in particular. For details please contact Isabelle Gregory.

For more information please contact Anna Wright or Richard Tyndall (details below).

Detailed arrangements are under way for the peer challenge of self-assessment arrangements that will culminate in the Regional Improvement Summit on 22 March 2019 – please save this date for DCSs and Lead Members.

Also please save the date 30 November 2018 for DCSs and management team members for the regional training and preparation day. Please contact Anna Wright for more details, and Isabelle Gregory to book your places. Thanks to the 22 deleagtes from 8 authorities who have already booked places.

Thanks to Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, Kent, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Portsmouth, Slough CST, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham (11/19) for sharing Annual Conversation letters.

Only three more self-assessemnts needed for a full set (Medway, Reading, and Surrey awaited); thanks to the other 16 for sharing. These documents are all available from the restricted DCS-only section of the website.

For access to this page, and to supply further reports, please contact Isabelle Gregory (details below).

Call for Speakers at Ofsted Social Care ConferenceIf you would like to contribute please contact Janet Fraser to discuss on 03000131553 or at janet.fraser@ofsted.gov.uk.

Janet Fraser of Ofsted writes:

Ofsted’s south east region is holding a social care conference for its HMI and regulatory inspectors on 14 December at a venue in London. We are very interested in innovative social work practice taking place in the South East and in looking at the new and emerging challenges children’s services face. We would welcome speakers from the sector to make a presentation, run a workshop or discussion.

If you would like to contribute please contact Janet Fraser to discuss on 03000131553 or at janet.fraser@ofsted.gov.uk.

Friday 14 September AD Education Network meeting

Alison Rendle (details below) has organised the next meeting of the AD Education Network (10.30 start on Friday 14 September). For more information please contact Alison.

The agenda includes an update from DfE colleagues on national SEND policy and funding, followed by a discussion with Julia Katherine and Tracey Maytas (details below) about improving links with the SESLIP SEND19 network.