SENCO and SEN Staff
Our Inclusion Manager/SENDCo holds the SENDCO award. All staff are regularly trained to develop skills to support children.
More details of the SENCO’s role can be found in the SEN Policy which you can find in the School Policies section of our website.
External Specialists and Other Bodies
The school enjoys good working relationships with a wide range of people who provide services to children with SEND and their families.
The external specialists may:
- Act in an advisory capacity
- Extend expertise of school staff
- Provide additional assessment
- Support a child directly
- Suggest statutory assessment is advisable
- Consult with all parties involved with the child
These include:
- Durham County Council Local Offer
- Durham SEND Information, Advice and Support Service
- Educational Psychology service
- Speech and Language support
- Cognition and Learning Team
- Emotional Well-being and effective learning team
- ASD team
- Behaviour Support
- CAMHS
- Occupational therapy
- Counselling
- Pediatrician
How We Secure Specialist Expertise
Our Additional Needs Budget is used to support children and young people with SEN. In 2018/19 this amount is £85,547.
If a child has complex special educational needs, we could also receive additional funding from the Local Authority to meet the agreed outcomes.
