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For more information, please contact: Kelly Bennett, Child Employment and Performance Licensing Officer Email: childemployment@cognus.org.uk Telephone: 020 4551 3192

Chaperone Approvals All children licensed by a local authority to perform must be supervised at all times by a licensed chaperone or matron or the child’s parent. How to apply Application for a chaperone must be made to the local authority in whose area the prospective chaperones lives. The application process involves completing our application […]

Child Performance Licenses

Many children enjoy performing or taking part in paid or unpaid activities. Some of the activities include: By law, if a child who is not over compulsory school age is due to participate in any of the above activities, that child may require to be licensed by the local authority where they live. What the […]

Child Employment Work Permits

The youngest age a child can work part-time is 13, except children involved in areas like television, theatre and modelling where they will require a licence to perform. Between the ages of 13 and 16, children can’t work unless they have a child employment permit. It is illegal for businesses to employ 13-16 year old children without […]

Welcome information – Child Employment

Meeting our service We support to families, schools, agencies and third parties to safeguard children and young people in the workforce. We license and authorise child performance applications in line with laws and regulations. We process work permits for children between the age of 13-16. We issue licences and train chaperones, so children involved in […]

Resources

Please choose from the options below Social Communication Autism Service Resource List AET Transition-Toolkit Secondary school transition pack template Autism Service Pupil Transition Booklet Passport A5 Doublesided leaflet Example of child’s primary transition book Template for transition book for receiving teacher Transition between year groups Y8 demo book Transition tips for all year groups Tips […]

Welcome information – Autism service

Meeting our service Cognus Autism Service is an education support service. We promote an inclusive education for young people with social communication difficulties, or a diagnosis of autism. Our service resources helps schools tailor their environment. This enables celebration of the way autistic students learn and interact with the world. We work with early years, […]

Autism Acceptance Week events for 2024

A celebration of Autism Acceptance Events 2024 Artistic and Autistic Exhibition Please click on each of the images below to view the events for each week. Please follow the link to make bookings for sessions via Eventbrite Parents and Professionals Young People and Families More events and activities confirmed! The Sutton Independent Travel Training Workshop […]

Traveller Education Service

Cognus’ Traveller Education Service works with Gypsy Roma and Traveller children, young people and families in both Sutton and Merton to promote and support improved access to education. We use a multi-agency approach to make sure education settings support those with Traveller ethnicity to access and fully engage with services available to them. We also aim to raise awareness […]

Sutton Music Trust

Sutton Music Trust delivers a wide range of services to pursue excellence in education settings and improve the lives of children, young people, and families. We are also a subsidiary charity of Cognus Limited, separately registered as a company and with the Charities Commission. They work to implement the aspirations of the National Plan for Music Education […]