SEND Transition Service

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About The BuDS SEND Transitions Service

October 26, 2022June 1, 2025 Ben Clark

The BuDS SEND Transitions Service is a three-year project funded by The Rothschild Foundation. The purpose of the SEND Transitions Service is to improve the experience of disabled children and young people moving through key transitions within school education and from school education into work or further/higher education. It will do this by:

Investigating and reporting on services supporting disabled children and young people.
Assessing to what extent the needs of disabled children and young people are met by existing services.
Proposing new and improved services to eliminate gaps and address deficiencies, including new BuDS and Reach4Work services.

The SEND Transitions Service is made up of workstreams from a number of BuDS projects, principally Fair4All Education and Reach4Work.

To learn more about the Reach4Work workstream, which is looking at disabled young people’s transition from education to employment, click here.

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SEND Transitions Advisor (10 hours/week, £13/hour)

November 4, 2025November 4, 2025 Ben Clark

This is an exciting opportunity for a SEND professional to be involved in the creation of an innovative new service for SEND students. We are looking for someone who can “hit the ground running” (or wheeling!) and start designing the new service through close liaison with school staff and students.

This role involves some work in a Buckinghamshire school, and the post holder must therefore be able to travel into the selected school as required. They must also be an appropriate person to work in a SEND school environment.

This is a part-time role. BuDS is committed to fully flexible working, and the post holder will have considerable discretion as to their working hours when working remotely from home. Work within the school environment will need to take place during school hours. The proportion of time spent in school will vary according to the needs of the role.

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SEND Transitions Research Reports

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 Ben Clark

On Thursday 24 July 2025, BuDS published two major research reports about the experiences of disabled/SEND children and young people in education in Buckinghamshire.

Online Launch Will Highlight ‘Devastating and Shocking’ Experiences of SEND Children and Young People in Bucks

June 17, 2025July 3, 2025 Ben Clark

So that as many people as possible can attend, the launch has been postponed to Thursday 24 July at 2pm. All current attendees who’ve already registered will automatically get registered for the new event.

New research by local disability charity BuDS has highlighted the ‘devastating and shocking’ experience of SEND children and young people in Bucks within education. The results of the three-year research study will dismay parents and teachers, and add to the pressure on Buckinghamshire Council to improve SEND* education in Bucks.

BuDS will be revealing the outcome of their research at a live online launch event on Thursday 24 July 2025, and disabled/SEND young people, parents and carers, and all education professionals are invited to attend. Journalists and reporters are also welcome. The charity will also be announcing a major new initiative to improve SEND education in Bucks at the event.

Launch Details

24 July 2025, 2-4 pm (access from 1:45 pm)
Fully remote via Teams webinar
Accessible for all disabled people
Opportunities for questions and reactions

Registration is essential.

Any questions?

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Moving Through Key Educational Transitions as a Disabled Young Person: The Education Workstream of the SEND Transitions Service

May 3, 2023December 14, 2023 Ben Clark

The SEND Transitions Service is made up of workstreams from a number of BuDS projects, principally Fair4All Education and Reach4Work. This page explains the Education workstream, which is within the BuDS Fair4All Education project.

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Disabled Young People’s Transition From Education To Work: The Employment Workstream of the SEND Transitions Service

February 22, 2023March 9, 2023 Ben Clark

The SEND Transitions Service is made up of workstreams from a number of BuDS projects, principally Fair4All Education and Reach4Work. This page explains the Employment workstream, which is within the BuDS Reach4Work project.

Fair4All Education – SEND Project Volunteer

February 14, 2023August 28, 2025 Ben Clark

Would you like to help fix the issues with SEND Education in Bucks? We are looking for volunteers to join our SEND Education Transitions project. The project will be carrying out a headline SEND transitions service audit, identifying gaps and deficiencies in service, and then working with partners to develop new services, fixes, and solutions.

As a volunteer with the SEND Transition Service, you will have the opportunity to support its work in ways that match your experience, skills, and availability. Some of the specific opportunities are listed below. BuDS prides itself on finding a role for anyone – if you are interested in SEND education, there is bound to be something you can do to help.