Click here to read the DSPL County Strategic Planning Group meeting minutes 22nd October 2019

Click here for the powerpoint of the DSPL County Strategic Planning Group meeting on 22nd October 2019

Delivering Special Provision Locally (DSPL)

What is Delivering Special Provision Locally (DSPL)?

DSPL is a Hertfordshire-wide partnership approach where parents, staff in early years settings and schools, further education colleges, local authority officers and representatives from other agencies, work together as part of an Area Group, reviewing and developing the range of provision and support services available to their local community that :

• Meets the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), aged 0-25, as close to home as possible.
• Improves outcomes for wellbeing and attainment
• Widens choice for children and parers/carers
• Removes barriers to learning
• Uses resources more effectively

There are nine DSPL Area Groups across the county that meet regularly to discuss what services are available and to influence how services are shaped and developed to ensure the children and young people with SEND in their area receive the right support in their educational activities.

County contacts for DSPL:

Jennie Newman, Interim Head of ISL – dspl@hertfordshire.gov.uk

Mark Partridge, Business Manager for ISL – mark.partridge@hertfordshire.gov.uk