Area SEND inspections: information about ongoing inspections
Guides for parents, carers, children and young people about inspections of local services for children and young people with SEND.
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- From:
- Ofsted and Care Quality Commission
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- 9 June 2016
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Area SEND inspections
Ofsted and CQC jointly inspect local area partnerships to see how well they work together to improve the experiences and outcomes of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The inspections are carried out in line with the area SEND inspection framework and handbook.
From January 2023, all local area partnerships will receive an inspection under the new area SEND framework. The area SEND inspections under the new framework will follow a continuous cycle of inspections. Local area partnerships are inspected at least once every 5 years.
Areas we will inspect
LambethLocalAreaPartnership,12October 2026Added inspection
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Inspection reports
Read our reports for area SEND inspections.
Updates to this page
Added inspection dates and survey details for Lambeth Local Area Partnership and Croydon Local Area Partnership.