Special educational needs in young children can often go undetected and unsupported. However, under-fives living in the Brighton and Hove area are more likely to have their special needs identified at an earlier age and be supported through their mainstream education, thanks to the city council's ongoing commitment to early intervention.
That commitment is now spelled out in Brighton and Hove Special Educational Needs (SEN) Partnership Strategy 2013-2017 and is helping to inform the Children and Families Bill, which aims to improve support systems for children with SEN and is set to become law in September.
Brighton and Hove and six neighbouring authorities form South East Seven (SE7), one of 20 pathfinders trialling a range of key proposals for reform of SEN systems under the bill. One aspect of the pathfinder pilot is to develop parental confidence in SEN systems from the very beginning.
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