Welcome to FACT Bucks
Families and Carers Together – Buckinghamshire’s Parent Carer Forum. We are an independent group of parent carers and professionals who meet to discuss real issues that affect children and young people (0-25 years) with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Buckinghamshire. The forum aims to participate and co-produce better outcomes for children and young people with SEND and their families.
FACT Bucks News
FACT Bucks AGM Thursday 26th September
This year’s Annual General Meeting of FACT Bucks will be held on Thursday 26th September starting at 9.45am in Missenden Abbey, Great Missenden, HP16 0BD. You can hear about the work of the Forum during the last year as the local voice of parents and carers of children and...
Summary of HNBF
At the start of this term FACT Bucks was informally notified by Buckinghamshire Council that it would no longer be accepting applications from schools and other educational settings for top-up funding for students with SEND but no EHC plan. FACT were not consulted or notified of this policy change...
School Transport 2024
FACT is concerned to hear from SEND families about the transport challenges they are facing again this year. Delays, misplaced paperwork, and communication issues appear to be common, particularly for families with children transitioning to new schools or post-16 education. While we understand the financial constraints on local government,...
