It may not always be possible for you to attend an event or to give your views in person, but you can have your say by taking part in our on-line surveys or local consultations which you will find linked below.
Survey of SEND Services 2026
Survey of SEND Services that support children/young people and families with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities 2026
Foreword
As Service Director of Education for Swindon, I would like to thank you for taking the time to share your views. Your feedback is essential in helping us understand what is working well and where we need to improve for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Our ambition is clear: every child and young person in Swindon should be safe, supported, and able to thrive. To achieve this, we need to listen to the experiences of parents, carers, young people, and professionals. This survey is one of the key ways we gather your views so that we can shape services together, ensuring they meet local needs and deliver the right help at the right time.
The survey will open on Monday, 5 January 2026 and close on Friday, 27 March 2026. It should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Your responses will remain anonymous and will directly inform our SEND priorities and improvement work.
Thank you for helping us make Swindon a place where every child and young person can reach their full potential.
Kashif Nawaz, Director of Education, Swindon Borough Council
Home to School Travel Support Policy 2025-2026 Consultation is now closed
The Education Transport Policy applies to all children and young people who live within the boundaries of Swindon Borough Council, including those with special educational needs or learning difficulties or disabilities.
Consultation for the 2025-2026 policy
We are looking to gain the community’s views on a number of proposals for the 0 to 25 Home to School Travel Support Policy 2025-2026.
You can find the draft version of this document below:The education transport policy applies to all children and young people who live within the boundaries of Swindon Borough Council, including those with special educational needs or learning difficulties or disabilities.
Consultation for the 2025-2026 policy;
SEND home to school transport policies | Swindon Borough Council
We have highlighted any changes to the current policy in yellow, to make it easier to identify any new information.
In order to have your say on the proposed changes, please use our online survey below:https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=WrtLwVYdmEazRBuZlk9oeOfiaJnb2J9Bnf5UITqxO7ZUOEZTRFdFMjI3NVA1MzJORDdGWlNPNVFFSS4u&fromie=true&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3ufUDvHf5ePt5wVUJ0fAgcgw1bWe-9uq-QAPUFNjgQx9nloeR59YbfiTA_aem_jB6_XLdjW34XtoHKglyCEQ
The consultation will run until Sunday, 30 March 2025, and any changes agreed will come into effect in September 2025. https://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20203/travel_assistance/1440/transport_policy?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0p2mjxl3k_KPLAXQZ5n3OIRSUPU7Y59CYxWIVoLjRBJzz6_yBtU0D73B8_aem_mmShXdcy1H2jQoBK5m3a7w
Law Commission Review of Disabled Children’s Social Care Law is now closed
Swindon SEND Families Voice would like to share the following comms about;
The Law Commission Review of Disabled Children’s Social Care Law. This consultation asks a number of questions including:
• whether there should be a new legal framework for disabled children’s social care, taking disabled children out of section 17 of the Children Act 1989
• whether there should be national eligibility criteria for disabled children’s social care
• how we should define disability
• what remedies should be available for children and families when things go wrong
The consultation is open until 20 January 2025. We’d encourage all parents and professionals to contribute. The full consultation paper and a summary can be found here:https://lawcom.gov.uk/project/disabled-childrens-social-care/
Swindon Annual SEND Survey 2024 is now closed
There ambition is for every child and young person in Swindon to be safe from harm and abuse, empowered to reach their full potential and develop skills for life, enjoy healthy lifestyles, and be a happy and active member of the community. We want every child and young person with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) to make excellent progress through access to high quality support.
The purpose of this survey is to ensure we have a way of annually measuring opinions and experiences of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) services in Swindon from those receiving and delivering help, advice and support.
This survey has been co-produced with key stakeholders including children, young people and families. It opens on Monday, 30 September 2024 and will close on Friday 6 December 2024, and should take you no more than 10 minutes to complete.
Web Link;https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/AnnualSENDSurvey2024/
Swindon SEND Self Evaluation Framework Survey June 2024 is now closed
Please find attached our Swindon SEND Self Evaluation Survey June 2024Swindon SEND Self Evaluation Framework June 2024 Survey (surveymonkey.com)
We have had some fantastic feedback in previous years, which has helped to identify issues that our families have faced.It is important that we continue to understand the experiences of Swindon’s SEND families so that we can keep working towards improving services for our children and young people.Swindon SEND Families Voice will gather this information and use it to raise your concerns and share good practice with the services in Swindon.
Results for Swindon SEND Self Evaluation Framework Survey June 2024;
Swindon SEND Self Evaluation Framework Survey – February 2024 is now closed
We have had some fantastic feedback in previous years, so we are just asking for your involvement in how parents/carers are feeling about the Swindon SEND Self Evaluation Framework, to hopefully improve services for our children and young people. Swindon SEND Families Voice will gather this information and raise your concerns.
There are 8 questions and it should only take a few minutes of your time. We would be really grateful for all feedback that has been given.
Results for Swindon Self Evaluation Framework Survey February 2024;
Swindon Local Offer – Annual SEND Survey 2023 – is now closed
Swindon Borough Council’s aspiration is for every child and young person in Swindon to be safe from harm and abuse, be enabled to reach their full potential and develop skills for life, enjoy healthy lifestyles, and be a happy and active member of the community.
They want every child and young person with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) to make excellent progress through access to high quality support.
This means having sufficient and good quality services and provision that responds to local need and that the right help is available at the right time.
To achieve their aims everyone needs to work together to plan services and this means listening to parents/ carers, young people and the people delivering the services about what is working well and what could work better.
The purpose of this survey is to ensure that Swindon Borough Council have a way of annually measuring opinions and experiences of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) services from those receiving and delivering help, advice and support. A chance for you to have your say!
Please click on the link below or scan the QR code below to complete the Annual SEND Survey 2023. The survey will be open from 25th September – 15th December 2023
Results – Annual SEND Survey 2023;
Dingleys Promise
If you have a child in/or was in Early Years over the past few years, please do complete this survey for Dingley’s Promise, who are working to improve things for SEND children in early years settings:
“At Dingley’s Promise we are passionate about change, and we know you are too. We also share your concerns that our young children with SEND are not always as welcomed and supported as they could and should be in early years settings and we want to document and quantify the reasons why. Our Chief Exec Catherine has been working hard to form partnerships and build a national picture. This work is particularly pertinent as the new entitlements’ rollout over the next few years and the attainment and access gap is at risk of widening. THANK YOU! “
Parent Carer Setting Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/MM3D5RG
Parent Carer Non Setting Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/MM5G9YD
Past Survey Results
Boots Pharmacy at the GWH Survey 2022
We would like to thank everyone that completed the Boots Pharmacy survey. We had 51 responses. We have shared the results with the BSW Integrated Care Board who will feed back to us how they can improve the service based on your feedback. To view the results you can see them here:
December 2022 GWH Boots Pharmacy Survey
NDC Pathway Survey February 2021
https://swindonsendfamiliesvoice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Feb-2021-NDC-Pathway-Survey.pptx
June 2020 Results of the Covid-19 Impact Survey
We had 240 responses to our survey. The results have been shared with the Head of SEND and the Director of Children’s Services at Swindon Borough Council. We are working together with them to discuss where issues have occurred and how to help with your concerns for the future, including respite care, support with home schooling and schools reopening in September. We will be updating you on any actions that are taken as a result of this survey and we thank all you who participated.