SENCO and SEN Staff
Our SENCO is Mr Cox, escomb@durhamlearning.net
More details of the SENCO’s role can be found in the SEND 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 1-1 or within a small group
- Support parents where appropriate
- Suggest statutory assessment is advisable
- Consult with all parties involved with the child
These include:
- Durham SEND Information, Advice and Support Service
- Cogniton and Learning (LA)
- EWEL Team
- Durham LA Educational Pyschologists
- Speech and Language Therapy Durham
- Sensory Worx (Sensory needs)
- Autism and Social Communication Team
- Behaviour Intervention Team
- OnePoint Hub
- Health Agencies – particularly the School Nurse Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- (CAMHS) Speech and Language Therapists
- Crisis Response
- Virtual School for Looked After Children
- Specialist therapists – Occupational Therapy andn Physiotherapy
- Specialist health services
- Medical Practitioners Service and Health Visitors
How We Secure Specialist Expertise
Our Additional Needs Budget is used to support children and young people with SEN.
This is used to support children and young people with SEND by:
Providing specialist training in supporting children with social and communication difficulties, understanding how to write SMART targets for support plans, accessing Specialist Provision from various providers, e.g. Educational Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Cognition and Learning.
If a child has complex special educational needs, we could also receive additional funding from the Local Authority to meet the agreed outcomes.
