Area SEND inspection for Cheshire West and Chester Local Area Partnership
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
A Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Inspection is taking place across Cheshire West and Chester from 3 November 2025.
As part of the process, the inspection team has asked services to circulate a survey, to capture the views of children and young people, parents and carers and practitioners in relation to their experiences.
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are carrying out an inspection of the services that support children and young people with SEND.
The inspection is over three weeks (Monday 3 November, to Friday 21 November) and focuses on the provision for children, young people and young adults with special educational needs and disabilities in Cheshire West and Chester.
The surveys will close at 9am on Tuesday 11 November 2025.
Children and young people
If you are a young person with SEND please fill in this survey.
Children and young people survey
Parents and carers
If you are a parent or carer of a child or young person with SEND please complete the survey. If you have more than one child with SEND you can use the same link to complete a separate survey for each child.
Parent and carer survey (Easy Read version)
Practitioners
If you are a practitioner working with children or young people with SEND in education, health or care services, please complete this survey.
Want to know more about an Area SEND inspection?
You can watch a video here about what to expect: