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In this edition of your SEND e-newsletter you will be asked what you think of the current SEND Local Offer, offered the chance to have your say on education in Berwick and pointed in the direction to find more information on SEN support in schools.
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SEND Local Offer
We are committed to providing up-to-date and relevant information on special educational needs and/or disability (SEND) services and the support on offer in Northumberland to children, young people, and their families.
As part of this commitment, we are conducting a review of our SEND Local Offer – the website that holds all of that information and whether it does what it should do as it is now, or whether we should consider alternative options.
The SEND Local Offer should do exactly what you need it to when seeking advice and guidance on SEND services and support, and if it does not do that, we need to know about it and why.
We would really value your input so that we can try to make it the best it can be for you and your children and young people.
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| Have your say on the future education system in Berwick Residents in Berwick and surrounding areas are being called upon to have their say on the future of education in the area as part of a review into options by Northumberland County Council.
£40 million has been allocated in the Council's Medium-Term Plan for schools in the Berwick Partnership.
The pre-consultation will aid the County Council in ensuring public funds are invested in the right educational structure and will provide Berwick with sustainable schools. |
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Applications are now open for 2022 Middle, Secondary and High school admissions
Parents and carers of children starting Middle, Secondary or High school in September 2022 can now apply for a place.
One of the most important decisions parents and carers will make about their child’s education will be deciding which school to attend. Making that choice will involve a great deal of planning and research; planning a visit to the school, viewing their online prospectus, checking performance tables and researching Ofsted reports can all help in that decision process.
The most important thing parents and carers can do before expressing preferences is to find out as much information as possible about the school(s) they and their child are interested in and the Admissions Policy for each school.
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Special Education Needs support in schools
In Northumberland, the majority of our learners with SEND will have their needs met in mainstream schools which are inclusive and person centred.
We have worked with parents/carers, learners and schools to produce the Northumberland Mainstream Local Offer - which describes what support all learners are entitled to.
When there is a concern about a child or young person having a special educational need and/or disability, the school will follow an ‘Assess, Plan, Do, Review’ (APDR) model. This will help them to plan how to support any learning needs.
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Education provision which is not at school
The EOTAS Health Needs team provides tuition for learners who are of statutory school age but who are unable to attend school full time due to health and medical reasons. Tuition is provided on a one to one basis or in small groups depending on the needs of each individual pupil. Pupils can still attend school part-time and receive EOTAS tuition, or have all of their tuition provided by our team of teachers. For a summary of the service provided by this team please view and download our leaflet:
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Speech and language support
Children and young people with additional speech, language and/or communication needs will be supported through their school.
If your child has speech, language and / or communication needs, you should speak to your school if you want to find out more about how your child is being supported and whether a referral to the HINT Speech and Language Team would be helpful.
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Who are the HINT Speech and Language Team?
The HINT (High Incidence Needs Team) Speech and Language team are a small team of two specialist speech and language teacher/therapists, one specialist teacher and two specialist speech and language therapists. Our role is to work with schools, following the graduated response, to provide assessment, diagnosis (where appropriate) and bespoke strategies, training and intervention plans to support our children and young people.
Additionally, they have a team of eight SASL’s (Specialist Assistant for Speech and Language) who go into schools to support staff to enable them to implement the speech and language targets and give them confidence to deliver the interventions. They also work directly with children and support parents to work on targets at home.
Get involved - National DLD Awareness Day
Get involved in a very special day in their work calendar and wear purple and/or yellow on the day: National DLD Awareness Day - Friday 15 October 2021.
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is diagnosed when children fail to acquire their own language for no obvious reason. This results in children who have difficulty understanding what people say to them, and struggle to articulate their ideas and feelings. Recent research has shown that, on average, two children in every class of 30 will experience DLD severe enough to impact on their learning, but we will support our children and young people to get the most out of school life, and learning.
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