Quality Standards for Sensory Support Services (June 2016 Edition) - Appendix 2 added in August 2023.

The standards have been updated to take account of changes in education policy, drawing on the Ofsted framework for inspecting education establishments1 and, in particular, the Ofsted/CQC framework for consultation, for inspecting local area arrangements for identifying and meeting the needs of children and young people with SEND.
Within any local area inspection, local authority services for children and young people with sensory impairment will be judged on the extent to which they contribute to the following:

• The effective identification of children and young people’s needs (known as domain 1)
• How effectively the needs of children and young people are met and the extent to which their outcomes improve (known as domain 2)
• Leadership and management (known here as domain 3)

In 2022, the RNIB published the Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment (CFVI).  For more detail on this, please see the RNIB website here.

In response to this, in August 2023, Appendix 2 was added to the document, showing how the Quality Standards map on to the CFVI and vice versa.

The Quality Improvement Support Pack  - September 2016 Edition

(Replaces all previous editions)

Quality Standards for resource provisions for deaf children and young people in mainstream schools

Published in September 2020, these updated documents set out standards for the operation of resource provisions for deaf children and young people in primary and secondary schools throughout the UK.

Their purpose is to improve outcomes for deaf pupils by providing a framework which:

• helps schools (including academies and free schools in England) and local authorities evaluate the effectiveness of the education provision made for deaf children and young people
• informs the development of school policy and plans
• supports the development and review of service level agreements between the local authority (or the Education Authority in Northern Ireland), and the school hosting the resource provision
• promotes good practice and the effective and efficient use of resources

The standards can be applied throughout the UK and have been written with reference to guidance, evaluation frameworks and inspection standards operating in all four countries