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Plans to spend £2.23m expanding SEND school in Oxford approved

Funding to expand a school that caters for children from Oxfordshire with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has been approved by the county council’s cabinet.A total of £2.23 million was approved by councillors at the 19 March meeting of cabinet to create 23 new…

Work is continuing to improve services for children with special educational needs and disabilities

Oxfordshire’s local area partnership  continues to make progress to improve services and support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).   Progress includes an investment into SEND services by Oxfordshire County Council; plans to expand the number of educational places for…

Spring/ Easter Holiday Activity and Food Programme 2024

The HAF Programme provides young people with fun activity programmes throughout the holidays where they can receive healthy food and have fun Over the Easter holidays, local organisations will be working together on the HAF programme, running free activity programmes for eligible young people where they can…

we want to see your ideas!

We want to see your ideas of how our new homepage might look! As part of our website re-design we are inviting young people aged 11-25, living in Oxfordshire, to send in their ideas of what our new homepage might look like. We have created…

February half-term activities

Looking for fun things to do this half-term? There's lots of exciting things happening in Oxfordshire Taking part in fun activities in your free time is good for your wellbeing, extends your social group, and helps you develop new skills.  Half-term can be a great…

Priority action plan published to improve SEND services

Oxfordshire County Council has today (18 December) published the local area partnership priority action plan to improve services and support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).  The plan responds to Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission’s inspection report of…

Work continues to improve services for children with special educational needs and disabilities

Oxfordshire’s local area partnership¹ continues to make progress to improve services and support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).   This follows Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission’s inspection of SEND partnership services in July. The partnership includes Oxfordshire County…

Twist and Shout Project 2024

iCreatives free 10 day multi-media project taking place next February and March 'Twist and Shout' is iCreative's free 10 day multi-media project taking place in February and March 2024.  About the project By taking part in the project you will work with filmmakers and digital…

Oxfordshire Libraries eBook Short Story Competition 2024

Winners become published eBook and eAudiobook authors Take part in this year’s eBook short story competition!  The winners of each age category will see their story published as an eBook and eAudiobook, available on our Overdrive platform, for members of Oxfordshire Libraries to borrow in…

Winter HAF Programme

The HAF (Holiday Activity and Food) programme will be back for the Christmas holiday The HAF programme will offer free holiday activities during the winter school holidays for school-aged children who in Reception-Year 11, who are also eligible for benefits-related free school meals.  If you're…