SEND Change Programme - Delivery Partner

Tender description

The primary objective of this Call-Off Contract is to provide expertise in four key areas to help the department successfully test key policy reforms and create a blueprint of the future system. What we learn from testing will be the critical success factor along with the ability to iterate at pace. This will allow us to develop the robust evidence base we will need to determine whether and in what areas we will legislate in the future to drive and embed  the culture and system change that delivers the core aims of the SEND and AP Improvement Plan. The delivery partner will help DfE teams turn their policies into something REPs can deliver by providing: a)        Strategic Project Management Support – Work with LAs to put in place strategic partnerships and local inclusion plans and support the lead LA to develop strategic delivery plans for the wider REP, put in place a senior leadership level steering group for effective monitoring and reporting to DfE with robust challenge and support to both local areas and DfE teams to maintain delivery against agreed milestones and timelines.b)        Deployable System Transformation and SEND and AP expertise – A strong focus on complex system transformation that integrates a single approach to counter the issues created by the 2014 reforms, and thus drive national consistency, is key to delivering improved outcomes, experience, and financial sustainability.c)        Facilitation of real time learning – Develop a continuous feedback loop of intelligence including key measures of local delivery alongside stakeholder insight, using appropriate methods and forums including written reports, metrics, workshops, forums etc  to allow the department to learn fast and under-stand in real time what is working and what isn’t.d)        National dissemination of learning and best practice – To drive a new culture and the right conditions for success in advance of any future legislation, it will be essential to spread learning from the Chan