The Local Offer

All children with special educational needs or disabilities are entitled to support. The Local Offer is the term that the Department for Education (DfE) have chosen to describe the collection of information about the support that local authorities must make available to help children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families. The purpose of the local offer is to enable parents, carers, children and young people with SEND to see clearly, from a single and regularly updated source, the services available to local families and how to access them. The offer covers services from birth to 25, across education, health and social care. It describes state-funded, charitable and private services, and includes services outside the local area (e.g. schools) which are used by local families. Put simply, information on "Local" services and support on "Offer" is gathered together and made easy to find in a "Local Offer”.

For information about what is available to support your child click here to visit: www.afclocaloffer.org.uk 

What external services are available? 

The guide below lists some external services that parents and carers can discover in the locality. Some of these are available to all whilst others require a referral from school or other services: