Locality Schools Meetings - Spring 2026 survey-wider stakeholders

Locality Schools Meetings are currently held across the six localities in Cornwall:

Penwith
Kerrier
Carrick
Restormel
Caradon
North Cornwall

These meetings are chaired by education colleagues and take place either termly or half-termly. The meeting chairs also come together once a term.

The current focus of the Locality Schools Meetings is on:

Local issues affecting pupils, families and schools
Service updates from wider stakeholders and partners, for example:
- Police
- Voluntary and community sector
- Education Welfare
- School Nursing
- SEND services

Together, we are trying to better understand the effectiveness, strengths, challenges and opportunities of the current Locality Schools Meetings. This will include looking at other local network meetings and ensuring gaps and duplications are addressed.

To support this, we are inviting you to share your views through a short survey. All feedback will be reviewed, with the aim of developing a framework for future meetings. This will help to:

Increase consistency across localities
Retain local influence and flexibility
Ensure local needs informs meeting focus

This work forms part of a wider programme to strengthen Early Support in Cornwall, particularly by building on existing practice and developing Locality Schools Meetings and broader Local Education Support Networks. This will help ensure all education settings have the information and resources they need.

Early Support is a proactive, multi-agency approach that identifies needs early and provides timely help, preventing challenges from escalating so that children, young people and families can thrive.

Help shape your future Locality Schools Meetings
By completing the survey, you will help inform how Locality Schools Meetings develop for the future. Please submit your responses by 5:00pm on Friday 22 May 2026.

Following the survey, any agreed changes to the Locality Schools Meetings will be implemented ahead of September 2026, in readiness for the 2026–27 academic year. Updates will be shared via the Schools Platform and by email.

Thank you for taking the time to contribute to this important work.

Our data protection and confidentiality statement

How will you protect my information?

Your data will be stored securely and will only be accessible by members of Together for Families. Your consent for your data to be used in the evaluation will be assumed from you starting the survey.

Who am I giving my information to?

The evaluation is being carried out by Together for Families. You can view our privacy notice at www.cornwall.gov.uk/tffprivacynotice.

How will you store my personal data?

Survey responses will be collected using the Let’s Talk Cornwall survey software. By completing this survey, you consent to this transfer of your information. This includes any information which may represent your personal data.

All the information you share with Together for Families will be stored safely for the duration of the evaluation. It will be destroyed one year after it has finished.

Let’s Talk Cornwall is the system used to collate the data and create reports from it. You can view the privacy statement on the Let’s Talk Cornwall website