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DfE – Free school transport explained

On Friday 3rd November, the Department for Education published a blog post on free school travel, aimed at parents: Free school transport explained: From who’s eligible to how it works – The Education Hub (blog.gov.uk). It aims to support parents’ understanding of the eligibility criteria and to answer some commonly occurring questions.

ePEP

We are pleased to announce that the updates to the Sutton Virtual School PEP document are now live. We have designed the new PEP with input from designated teachers, social workers, foster carers, young people and our CLA nurse team. Please ensure you familiarise yourself with the updates and watch the training video which takes […]

National Advocacy Helpline – new contact details from 1st October 2023

Since 2015, the Department for Education has commissioned a national advocacy helpline to support the rights of children to be heard. Since 2017, this helpline has been delivered through Coram Voice’s ‘Always Heard’ service. We are writing to inform you that from 1st October, the national advocacy helpline service will be provided by the National […]

Pre-Level 1 British Sign Language (BSL)

Do you want to communicate with Deaf people? Thinking about learning BSL but unsure? Then come along to our Pre-Level 1 Course to see if it is right for you! When: 3rd July 2024 – 24th July 2024 How long: 4 sessions, over 4 weeks Time: Wednesday evenings, 6.00pm – 8.00pm Where: Cognus Limited, First […]

Attendance Graduated Response

Sutton’s Attendance Graduated Response provides a multi-agency framework, that supports working together to encourage school attendance and tackle the barriers to attendance that may arise for a child or young person. The Attendance Graduated Response aims are: • To support our work together to create positive change that enables children and young people to attend […]

Further Resources

You can find here a range of resources that could support you in your role as a parent or carer of a child. Sutton Information Hub is a website that is being developed to provide residents with a single place to find information about local groups, clubs, services and support relevant to them. Home | […]

Therapies Contact Point

If you have concerns about your child or young person’s needs, talk to your school or settings special educational needs and disabilities coordinator. You can ask them about involving a Speech and Language and/or Occupational Therapist. If this is difficult for any reason email us at cognus.therapies@cognus.org.uk or call us on 020 8323 0458 You may also […]