Over the past two years PACC have worked with 35 primary schools across Shropshire as part of the Pilot PINS project (Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools). You can read more about the PINS project and its outcomes here
Following the success of this work, Shropshire LA have now commissioned us to work with secondary schools and three post 16 colleges to strengthen how they work in partnership with parent carers.
Our work will focus on providing training in two key areas: understanding the lived experience of parent carers and working in coproduction with them. Coproduction means schools and parent carers working as equal partners to shape the things that affect their children and young people.
Each school or college will choose their own area of focus and parent carers will be invited to work with the settings SEND team in helping to identify the issues, explore solutions and shape outcomes.
What to Expect if your schools gets Involved
The coproduction projects will begin in the Autumn term 2026 and if your child / young person’s secondary school or college begins a project, they may invite you to join the working group or share your views.
Following the publication of the Government’s SEND White Paper, each school is required to produce a SEND Inclusion Strategy which will outline how the school is planning for inclusion.
It will explain:
- how the school identifies the most common needs
- what approaches, adjustments and support they have to support those needs
- how they embed inclusive practice across the whole school.
The school’s offer should be grounded in the government’s “seven principles of inclusion” which includes building strong partnerships with families. The coproduction projects are a way to be involved with changes in your child’s school.
If your school reaches out to you, we encourage you to be involved – coproduction works best when a range of voices are heard.