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SEC regularly submits responses and position papers to public consultations. Please see a series of recent submissions below:

2022

  • The consultation response of the Special Educational Consortium on: Review of post-16 qualifications at level 2 and below

  • The response of the Special Educational Consortium to the call for evidence: Is the Children and Families Act 2014 fit for purpose?

  • Consultation response on Revised Behaviour in Schools Guidance and Suspension and Permanent Exclusion Guidance

  • School attendance: improving consistency of support

  • Designing and developing accessible assessments

  • Ofsted's role in the online education accreditation scheme

  • Education challenges facing children and young people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds

  • Future of post-16 qualifications

  • Consultation on Revised Behaviour in Schools Guidance and Suspension and Permanent Exclusion Guidance

2021

  • Reforming how local authority school improvement functions are funded

  • SEC’s response to the Dispute Resolution in England and Wales: Call for Evidence (October 2021)
  • SEC’s submission to the Treasury for the Comprehensive Spending Review (September 2021)
  • Fair school funding for all: completing our reforms to the National Funding Formula (September 2021)
  • SEC’s consultation response on NICE draft guidelines for Disabled children and young people up to 25 with severe complex needs: integrated service delivery and organisation across health, social care and education (September 2021)
  • The Home Office consultation on the Domestic abuse act draft statutory guidance (September 2021)
  • DfE’s call for evidence on Behaviour management strategies, in-school units and managed moves (August 2021)
  • DfE’s consultation on the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) market review: recommendations (August 2021)
  • Changes to the school suspension and expulsion process due to Coronavirus: Feedback from the Special Educational Consortium (March 2021)
  • DfE and Ofqual consultation on how GCSE, AS and A level grades should be awarded in summer 2021: A response from the Special Educational Consortium (January)
  • Consultation on Validation of Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) Programmes, 2021: A response from the Special Educational Consortium (January)
  • DfE: Review of national funding formula for allocations of high needs funding to local authorities: changes for 2022-23 (March 2021)

2020

  • Written response to Education Select Committee 2020 Inquiry into Home Education
  • CDC and SEC response to the 2020-21 Comprehensive Spending Review Call for Evidence
  • SEC response to DfE consultation on the proposed School Admissions Code
  • SEC response to DfE consultation on proposals for the framework to inspect the quality of teacher education from September 2020 (April 2020)
  • SEC response to DfE consultation on the removal of the ‘outstanding’ exemption (February 2020)
  • SEC response to consultation on EYFS reforms (January 2020)

2019

  • SEC response to DfE consultation on Changes to the School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2013 (December 2019)
  • SEC response to DfE consultation on Home to school travel and transport: statutory guidance (October 2019)
  • SEC response to DFE's consultation on guidance on the use of restraint and restrictive intervention in mainstream settings and alternative provision (October 2019)
  • SEC response to DfE's call for evidence on funding for special educational needs and disabilities and those who need alternative provision (July 2019)
  • SEC response to DfE's call for evidence on Character and Resilience (July 2019)
  • SEC response to the DfE Children not in school: proposed legislation Government consultation (June 2019)
  • SEC response to DfE call for evidence on post 16 qualifications at level 3 and below (June 2019)
  • SEC response to Autism Strategy call for evidence (May 2019)
  • SEC response to Ofsted Education inspection framework 2019 consultation (April 2019)
  • Consultation on the National Audit Office Value for Money Study: Support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND): A response from the Special Educational Consortium (March 2019)
  • Response to DfE and ESFA consultation on Provider funding for the delivery of T levels: Written evidence submitted by the Special Educational Consortium (February 2019)

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