SEND Strategy Governance Board

Overview

The SEND Strategy Governance Board (SGB) has members who represent the large number of different groups and services that help and support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

It's the main job of the board to make sure that the East Sussex SEND Strategy is working.

The board:

• meet at least 4 times per year
• reviews and helps deliver the SEND Strategy
• started in September 2022

In our last meeting we:

• discussed the Strategy Implementation. This is a plan that sets out how the East Sussex SEND Strategy will be delivered.
• discussed the SEND Strategy Dashboard. This was created to report on the success measures of the SEND Strategy. It is a single place that displays data for each theme.
• looked at Theme 1: My voice is heard and acted upon (Participation) in more detail as part of the ‘Deep Dive’. A ‘Deep Dive’ provides the Board with an opportunity to examine the activities under each Theme and review the progress being made.

To learn more about the strategy, please visit our page on the East Sussex SEND Strategy.

Previous Board Meetings

This section will share notes from previous SEND Strategy Governance Board meetings:

• View the SEND Strategy Governance Board Meeting Notes (7 December 2023) PDF
• View the SEND Strategy Governance Board Meeting Notes (21 September 2023) PDF
• View the SEND Strategy Governance Board Meeting Notes (8 June 2023) PDF
• View the SEND Strategy Governance Board Meeting Notes (9 February 2023) PDF
• View the SEND Strategy Governance Board Meeting Notes (15 November 2022) PDF

Members of the Board

• Independent Chair of the Board (This position is currently vacant while a new chair is instated)

• Alison Jeffery
• Director of Children's Services, East Sussex County Council
• Representing East Sussex County Council Children's Services

• Councillor Bob Standley
• Leader member of Education and Inclusion, East Sussex County Council
• Representing education and inclusion on behalf of East Sussex

• Holly Riley-Saxby
• East Sussex Parent Carer Forum (chair)
• Representing Parents and Carers

• Two young people supported by an engagement & participation worker
• Representing Young People with SEND

• Nathan Caine
• Head of Education: SEND and Safeguarding
• Representing Education East Sussex

• Representative for Children's Disability Services

• Caroline Tozzi
• Representing Health Service Commissioning

• Chrys Poullikas
• Designated Medical Officer (DMO)
• Representing Health Services

• Kirsty Prawanna
• Representing Special Schools

• Rebecca Conroy
• Representing the Further Education (FE) sector

• Sally Pollanski
• Representing the Voluntary and Community Sector

• Louise Moor
• Representing Primary Schools

• Anne Marie Waite
• Representing Secondary Schools

• Sam Lawson
• Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo)
• Representing Early Years providers (membership is shared)

• Emma Buggy
• Education Director
• Representing Early Years providers (membership is shared)

Glossary of East Sussex SEND Terms

We explain some of the terms used on this website on our page, Glossary of East Sussex SEND Terms.