The Bexley Local Area Partnership is wholeheartedly committed to doing the best we can for children and young people who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) across the local area, and to help them to achieve the best possible outcomes. As such we were disappointed with the outcome of the recent inspection."

Some areas of our work received positive feedback from inspectors – such as the impact of our multi-agency early intervention team, services to our most vulnerable residents and the academic achievements of SEND pupils. We acknowledge the need to make improvements to ensure the partnership’s SEND services fully meet the needs of all our children and young people."

As a partnership, we had already identified some of the areas that the inspection highlighted, through self-evaluation and joint working, and commenced delivery on these."

The partnership has acted swiftly and is currently developing an action plan to address the remaining issues highlighted by inspectors. This includes listening to the voices of children and young people when designing and providing relevant support services, and recognising the need to work as an integrated partnership to guarantee consistent access to therapeutic services to meet their needs."

We will endeavour to continually improve and provide the highest quality of care to those who access our SEND support services."

The Bexley Local Area Partnership comprises a range of organisations, with the London Borough of Bexley and South East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) responsible for planning and commissioning relevant services.

Read the Area SEND inspection of Bexley Local Area Partnership on the OFSTED website