SEN Specialist Expertise
SENCO and SEN Staff
Our SENCO is Mrs Robinson, who has experience of children with a range of SEND issues. She possesses the following qualification: MA(Ed) Special Educational Needs and has also undergone a variety of training which is relevant to the role.
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.
Other staff with expertise are
School Counsellor – Miss Lisa Turner
Behaviour Support – Getting Along – all support staff
Attachment and Trauma – Mr McNeill and Mrs Robinson
Future Step Intervention Leader – Mrs Oliver and Mrs Rutter
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
- Tree Tops
- School Nurse
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Behaviour Support
- CAMHS
- One Point
- Educational Psychology Service
- Learning Difficulties and Disabilities Support Service
- Occupational Therapy
- EWEL
- Crisis Response
- Parent Support Advisor – Melissa Parry
- Cognition and Learning
- Autism & Social Communication Team