Children’s Commissioning

Strategies

Sufficiency Strategy

• Peterborough City Council Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Commissioning Sufficiency Statement (PDF 1043kb)
• Sufficiency Statement for Children in Care & Care Leavers 2025-2029
• Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council Sufficiency Statement: Children and Young People with Disabilities and Complex Needs (PDF2.95kb)

Other strategies

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Early Help Strategy (PDF 1.6mb)
• SEND Strategy
• All Age Autism Strategy (PDF 2.3mb)
• Best Start in Life Strategy (PDF 1.8mb)
• Young Carers Memorandum of Understanding (PDF 1.1mb)
• Think Community and Community Resilience Strategy (PDF 795kb)

Commissioning resources

Key documents and useful links

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Board
• Joint strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)
• Peterborough City Council Ofsted Reports
• Local Area Risk Assessment Toolkits
• Safeguarding Toolkit for Children and Young people (xlsx)
• The Big Ask – The Big Answer – Report from England’s Children’s Commissioner (PDF 1.9mb)

The Children’s Commissioning Team regularly incorporates national research and tools into our work including the Early Intervention Foundation, Collaborate, GoLab, Social Value, The Academy for Social Justice, Cost Benefit Analysis and the Local Authority Interactive Tool (LAIT).

Toolkits

Autism Strategy and Toolkit

The All Age Autism Strategy (PDF 2.36mb) was developed in partnership with local organisations, service user groups and parent carer forums, drawing on the knowledge and understanding of those with lived experience of autism. The development of this strategy pulls together all of our autism workstreams across children and adults.

It also sets out our work to date; outlining the plans, ambitions, and commitment to work together across Health, Social Care and Education to support people of all ages with autism including their families and carers.

The aim is for Peterborough to be autism friendly. Where people with autism can live full, healthy, and meaningful lives, within a society that accepts and understands them. This includes focusing on services being person centred; providing care informed by an understanding of what matters to a person with autism and their family.

The strategy takes a whole life approach. With the right support, children, young people and adults with autism can live happy, healthy and independent lives within their own community. 

Autism Toolkit

The Autism Toolkit (xlsx) has been created as part of the 'all age autism strategy'. It is a self-assessment tool which encourages and supports organisations to become more accessible. 

The Autism Toolkit will be used across Peterborough City Council (PCC) and the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board (C&P ICB) when commissioning services and as part of provider contract management.

Please feel free to complete the Autism Toolkit or share with organisations and business across Peterborough. Organisations who have completed the toolkit can notify Children’s Commissioning and be included within our Autism Accessible Directory.

Preparing for Adulthood (PFA) Toolkit

A key focus for our commissioned services is supporting each young person / young adult to prepare for adulthood. The four Preparing for Adulthood outcomes will therefore be included within review processes. These include:

• Opportunities for further education and employment
• Independent living including access to supported living
• Having friends, relationships and being part of the community
• Being healthy and knowing how to stay healthy

The PFA Toolkit (xlsx) is available to support providers.