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Cheshire West and Chester Council are consulting to initiate the Free School Presumption for Ledsham Road, Ellesmere Port. 

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Cheshire West and Chester Council are consulting to initiate the Free School Presumption for Ledsham Road, Ellesmere Port. 

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Please find attached the consultation document and the link below to the consultation webpage.

Ledsham Consultation Letter

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Knowing Me – Profiling Tool

The Knowing Me Profiling Tool helps to identify a child’s strengths and needs, with a focus on neurodivergence. It supports parents, carers, professionals, and children or young people to better understand a child’s differences and to identify helpful strategies or additional support. This support can help meet a child’s needs at home, in education settings, and within the wider community.

To support the use of this tool, we are developing a Neurodiversity Hub. The Hub will bring together information, resources, and services to support parents, carers, and young people.

What’s available now

The Neurodiversity Hub currently includes information and resources that have been co‑produced with parents, carers, and professionals.

Coming soon

Services will be added, along with further information and resources.

Your feedback

As this area is still being developed, we welcome your feedback. If there is any information you would like to share or suggest for inclusion in the Hub, please let us know.

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Be part of improving our Live Well website! 

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Be part of improving our Live Well website! 

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We will review whether the current categories are still relevant, explore ways to help people find the right information and support more easily, and identify changes to improve overall navigation.

Would you like to take part in our workshops?

If you would like to be involved and share your views, please complete the form below. We will then be in touch with potential workshop dates.

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Several parents have highlighted challenges to navigate to available support services.

We are listening to your feedback. Check out our timeline to see what we’ve been working on.

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Still time to tell us about any gaps in services before the next report

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Still time to tell us about any gaps in services before the next report

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Any Gaps in Services that you think there are

Services that are being delivered but there is not enough eg. waiting list for the service

You still have time to tell us about Gaps in Services for our next report. Early next year we will publish the responses to your gaps from our Council and Partners

Tell us about gaps in services here.

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Feedback: We'll share your feedback with commissioners who will consider and respond to service gaps.

Write a Report: Every 6 months - our next report will be going to the SEND Steering Group in April before being published on Live Well

Review: We'll check progress on previous responses and update where necessary.

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Get involved and share your views to help us keep improving our Local Offer and Live Well website.

We want to hear from you - tell us what works well, what doesn’t, and how we can make things better.

To get involved contact: emma.walker@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

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Video from MediateLegal the new provider for Mediation and Disagreement Resolution.

You can also find out more about Mediation and Disagreement Resolution below:

Mediatelegal | Live Well Cheshire West

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What is SEND Mediation? Mediatelegal answers this common question.

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There are a number of parent carer coffee events happening in Cheshire West and Chester, where our volunteers attend regularly including at the children centres, SPACE charity and Koala. Please keep an eye on our website where we will advertise them along with other SEND coffee events in the borough.

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Thu, April 30, 10:00am - 11:30am

Virtual Parent Training:

Support in Education

🗓 Thursday 30th April 2026

🕙 10:00am – 11:30am

Learn how to work with schools and settings to ensure the right support is in place for your child’s educational journey.

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Fri, May 1, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Come along to catch up with other parents in an informal setting. Stay for 5 minutes or the whole session.

PCF Coffee Events - free, informal sessions, where parents will be able to chat to other parents. Some hosted by us, others we will be attending.

People from education, health, SEN services and charities will pop along to some coffee mornings so you can ask them any questions about accessing their services.

Children are very welcome!

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Transforming Care Sensory Survey (Parents & Carers)

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Transforming Care Sensory Survey (Parents & Carers)

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We are gathering feedback from parents and carers across Cheshire and Merseyside about sensory support for children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism.

Many families tell us that accessing sensory assessments or support can be difficult, and experiences vary widely between areas. We want to understand what support you have been offered, what has helped, and where things could be improved. Your feedback will help shape future plans within the Transforming Care Programme, including whether a more consistent sensory offer across Cheshire and Merseyside would make a difference for children with the most complex needs, or whether earlier support is needed. Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences. Your views will directly influence what we develop next.

Transforming Care Sensory Survey (Parents & Carers) – Fill out form

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NHS England are currently working on setting some new quality principles for community paediatrics with a view to supporting a reduction in wait times, without compromising quality or pausing new assessments.

The NNPCF have been asked to contribute parent carer views considering the below proposed principles and to feedback anything that may have been missed, along with a focus on what good looks like for parent carers.

NHS - Community Paediatrics Quality Principles – Fill out form

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SEND reform: putting children and young people first (Easy Read)

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SEND reform: putting children and young people first (Easy Read)

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We're seeking views on the improvements we want to make to support children and young people with SEND.

Why your views matter

These questions focus on what matters most to children, young people and families. The consultation explains the positive changes we want to make and how that support would be delivered.

You can also respond to this consultation via email at

SENDreform.CONSULTATION@education.gov.uk,

or by post to:

SENDAP Reform, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3BT

To share your views click here.

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In-Person Forum: Education, Inclusion & Mental Health

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In-Person Forum: Education, Inclusion & Mental Health

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Tue, May 12, 10:00am - 2:00pm

In-Person Forum:

Education, Inclusion & Mental Health

📍 Vicars Cross Golf Club, Chester

🗓 Tuesday 12th May 2026

🕙 10:00am – 2:00pm

A deep dive into how education settings are supporting inclusion and mental health for children and young people with SEND.