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Amazing Attendance Achievement
Last year, a school contacted the Traveller Education Service as they had a pupil in Reception whose attendance was very low (32%) and their parent was struggling to get them into school. The Traveller Education Service was able to offer support to both school and parent and visited the pupil in school weekly to provide […]Primary Family Support Group
Over the past weeks, our Primary Family Support Group has grown into a space where parents could share openly, learn practical strategies, and support one another through real‑life challenges. Each session brought new insights—from understanding behaviour to building resilience—and the progress has been clear in the confidence and connection parents now carry forward. It’s been […]When Teenagers Listen: Our E-Safety Adviser’s Impact on Year 9 Boys
In Sutton, the name Steve Welding has long been synonymous with e-safety expertise and experience. Known for his quick wit and even quicker recall of facts and statistics, Steve is a captivating storyteller and trainer – and we aren’t the only ones who think so. Wallington County Grammar School recently asked Steve to deliver an […]Read more on When Teenagers Listen: Our E-Safety Adviser’s Impact on Year 9 Boys
Joining Forces for Safer, Inclusive Educational Visits for Autistic Young People
The session, “Safer Educational Visits for Autistic Children”, brought together expertise from Andrew Hall and Evolve advice, Outdoor Education Advisor, Mick Bradshaw, Education Safeguarding Manager, Hayley Cameron, along with Advisory Teacher for Autism, Alex Silk. By combining safeguarding knowledge, specialist teacher knowledge and training videos that contained lived experience of being autistic, together we were […]Read more on Joining Forces for Safer, Inclusive Educational Visits for Autistic Young People
Ofsted and CQC inspection of Sutton’s SEND services
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are visiting Sutton as part of aninspection. They will be looking at arrangements for children and young people withspecial educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They would like to hear views from parents, carers and young people about the support they get and how it is helping them. Share […]Read more on Ofsted and CQC inspection of Sutton’s SEND services
Education Safeguarding Team get involved in Christmas Activities for Families
On Monday 15th December 2025, the Education Safeguarding Team were a part of the Cognus Christmas event, Operation Elf, for families at Cantium House. We have felt so included – because of his needs it is difficult to get involved in things like this, but he has had so much fun and has even seen […]Read more on Education Safeguarding Team get involved in Christmas Activities for Families
Post 16 Therapies Team continues to champion Preparation for Adulthood (PfA) in the local area and to ‘infinity and beyond’
The Academic Year 2024-25 was indeed a busy one for Cognus Post 16 Therapies. Not only did the joint therapies assessment clinic enter its fourth year, reaching a whopping 30 young people in the local and surrounding area, but Emma Perridge (Occupational Therapist, Post 16 OT Lead) and Ashlea Stephens (Speech and Language Therapist, Post […]Education Safeguarding build capacity within the team – when 4 became 5…
On Monday 3rd November 2025, the Cognus Education Safeguarding welcomed Lina Del Grosso (Safeguarding Training and Review Advisor) to the team. Lina is passionate about creating safe, supportive school environments where every child can thrive. With a background in school senior leadership and a deep commitment to safeguarding and wellbeing, she works closely with schools […]Read more on Education Safeguarding build capacity within the team – when 4 became 5…
The Autism Leads in Schools training 2025 is in full swing!
Really enjoying working with our Sutton Autism Leads in person this year. One school shared the impact of the last session for a student who was dysregulated. He was being offered activities which he found too alerting which were then making him struggle even more. The session allowed this Autism Lead to unpick this and go […]Read more on The Autism Leads in Schools training 2025 is in full swing!