Good progress continues to be made to further improve services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Wolverhampton. 

Key points mentioned:

• Considerable evidence of actions being taken by the city’s SEND Partnership Board following a 'Local Area Review' of SEND services which was held last autumn.
• Wolverhampton has put in place "effective governance, strategic leadership, partnership working and co-production". The focus "remains on driving the actions forward at pace". 
• The participation of young people is "emerging as a strength", meaning they can be purposefully engaged in future commissioning activity, and additional staff have been recruited across the SEND partnership to strengthen capacity. 
• The focus is now on considering what difference the changes that are being introduced are having on people's lived experience, with partners gathering evidence from professionals, children, young people and families ahead of a 12-month review meeting next year.