The school enjoys good working relationships with a wide range of people who provide services to children with SEND and their families, particularly when a child is demonstrating further cause for concern or their learning need is more complex and persistent.
All external partners we work with are vetted in terms of safe guarding and when buying in additional services we monitor the impact of any intervention against cost, to ensure a value for money service.
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:
Educational Outside Agencies include:
- Durham Educational Psychology Service
- Behaviour Support Services
- Learning Difficulties and Disability Support Service
- Durham Autistic Spectrum Disorder Team
- EMTAS
Specialist Health Services such as:
- Speech and Language Therapists
- The Service for Hearing Impaired
- The Service for the Visually Impaired
- Durham Movement Difficulties Service
- Occupational Therapy
- Physiotherapy (PT)
- Central Durham Child and Adolescent Mental
Social and Emotional Wellbeing Services such as:
- Parent Support Advisor
- Pupil Counselling Service
- Therapeutic Writing
- Draw ‘n’ Talk Therapy
