Tag: children
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🚨 ACTION NEEDED: Will You Add Your Voice?
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by Civic Watcher
Why We’ve Written This Letter – And Why YOUR Voice Matters Now More Than Ever A call to families in Surrey – and beyond – to support urgent ministerial intervention in Surrey County Council’s SEND services. Since beginning our deep-dive into the inner workings of Surrey County Council over nine months ago, one thing has…
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Overwritten and Obscured: How Surrey (*literally) Obscures their catastrophic SEND Performance
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by Civic Watcher
Surrey County Council’s Public Report on SEND: A Masterclass in Data Obfuscation We’ve covered Surrey County Council’s somewhat selective approach to performance reporting before. But unfortunately, their latest KPI Information, contained in the ‘Public Report Pack’ ahead of the ‘Children Families and Lifelong Learning Culture Committee’ this week, is probably their most ridiculous example yet…
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Navigating the Fog: Understanding Misinformation, Disinformation, and the Quest for Clear Data in Local Government
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by Civic Watcher
Misinformation. It’s not always a matter of deliberate falsehoods. In the context of local government performance—particularly in complex reports about Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision—misinformation can be accurate but incomplete, out of context, or even just plain wrong. In the case of Surrey County Council, we believe this is not simply an issue of data…
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A snapshot of the performance of Surrey County Council’s Education Services for vulnerable children with SEND
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by Civic Watcher
Measure what matters. Executive Summary This report delivers a brief, deep-dive analysis of the performance of Surrey County Council’s (SCC) Children, Families, and Lifelong Learning (CFLL) team in its duty to provide education services for vulnerable children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). This report will describe how, despite significant additional investment and strategic…