SENCO and SEN Staff
Our SENCO is Mrs Katie Ward- k.ward300@cestria.durham.sch.uk
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 SEND Information, Advice and Support Service
- CAMHS Assessment Team
- Crisis Response
- Durham Autistic Spectrum Team
- Durham Educational Psychology Service
- Durham Movement Difficulties Service
- One Point Children’s Service
- Educational Social Workers
- School Nurse Service
- Health Agencies
- Learning Difficulties and Disability Support Service
- Special Educational Needs – Inclusion Team
- Looked After Children
- Medical Practitioners
- Occupational Therapy
- School Parent Support Advisor
- Speech and Language Therapy
- The Service for Hearing Impaired
- The Service for the Visually Impaired
- Tree Tops Occupational Therapy
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:
- Training
- In school support
- In class support for small groups and 1 to 1 where appropriate
- Referrals to external specialists
- SEN Resources
- SEND Focused Staff Meetings
- Whole School Workshops with Outside Agencies
- If a child has complex special educational needs, we could also receive additional funding from the Local Authority to meet the agreed outcomes
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:
In school training by a member of the LA team, additional resources for children in school. Additional equipment and rooms in school for extra learning spaces. Additional support staff.
If a child has complex special educational needs, we could also receive additional funding from the Local Authority to meet the agreed outcomes.
