Lambeth SEND Services
Lambeth SEND services provide a variety of support options to assist children, young people, and their families. The following services and drop-in sessions are currently available.
Services
The Lambeth SEND Local Offer lists the support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) from education to activities available in Lambeth.
The Families Information Service offers parents, carers, professionals, and young people free, trustworthy, and unbiased guidance about local services and activities, supporting you and your family in accessing the resources available in your area.
The Disability Register is a voluntary list for Lambeth residents aged 0–18 with disabilities or special educational needs. Registration provides a Liberty Card, which serves as identification, makes it easier to request support, and offers discounts from local and national providers.
The Lambeth Information, Advice and Support Service (IASS) offers free, impartial, and confidential guidance covering education, health, and social care for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, as well as their parents.
The Lambeth Autism Advisory Service (LAAS) gives advice, support and training to schools and families and helps them to meet the needs of children and young people with autism.
We also hold half-termly drop-in parents' support groups and workshops.
Find out more
Drop-ins / Workshops
Lambeth SEND IAS
Lambeth Autism Advisory Service
Book a meeting with the Lambeth SEND Team
NEW: If your child has an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan and you have specific enquiries about their SEND support, you can now book a 1:1 telephone appointment with an EHCP Coordinator.
Appointments can be booked online on the Local Offer via the calendar showing available times, details here
(Please note, you will need to register on the hire.lambeth site before making your first booking)
If you need some advice about your child's special educational needs Lambeth's SEN team are available online by appointment on
1st Wednesday of the month, 11.00am to 12.30pm
All appointments must be booked in advance. Email Timms@lambeth.gov.uk or text: 07740745580 to book.
Lambeth Parenting Support Courses and Programmes
Lambeth runs a number of support courses and programmes covering Autism, ADHD, Teenage Years and many more.
You can access the list of courses and programmes available on the website.
Other
Local Area SEND Inspection
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.
The inspection will look at local education, health and care services for children and young people aged 0 – 25 with SEND and gather evidence about how effective the provision is.
You can watch a video explaining how the inspection will take place, or read the guides
We do not know when the inspection will take place in Lambeth. We will be given one week’s notice, and an online survey for parent carers will be open during that week for you to give your views about services in the local area. We will ensure paper copies are also available.
Tracking meetings
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During week 2 of the inspection, inspectors will hold tracking meetings with children and young people, their families (if appropriate) and the practitioners who work with them. These will be virtual meetings.
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Tracking meetings are an opportunity for inspectors to hear directly about children and young people’s experiences and outcomes. They will consider how decisions have been made, how young people have been involved and whether they’ve received the right help at the right time.
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Inspectors will select approximately 6 children and young people to be involved in tracking meetings. They will choose children and young people with a range of needs, who access a range of services, from a range of age groups and who are at different stages in their involvement with health and social care services.
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Lambeth council will arrange for a practitioner who knows the child or young person well to approach them, and their parents or carers, to ask for their agreement to be involved. If your child is selected, you will be provided with more information on what’s involved before you decide whether to agree.
Ofsted Guidance: Area SEND inspections: information for parents and carers
Area SEND inspections: information for parents and carers - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Lambeth Parent Forum representatives will be invited to meet with the inspectors.
Lambeth Parent Forum will inform all our members as soon as we know when the inspection is happening.
Lambeth was last inspected in January 2020 and the report is available to view on the Lambeth SEND Local Offer.
You can read more on a dedicated Local Offer page HERE