Professionals

Welcome Information – Assisted Travel

Meeting our service The Assisted Travel team is a statutory service. We ensure young people can travel to school or college. We ensure they are not prevented from travelling by circumstance, disability or need. We ensure that children can arrive at school ready to learn. The Assisted Travel team receive an applications for transport. We […]

Sutton’s Vision and SEND Charter

We are collectively ambitious for our children and young people. Together we want to provide them with the best chances to achieve their best outcomes in life, whatever their starting point, and to prepare them effectively for adulthood. Our SEND Charter The Sutton Charter provides a framework for shared values and attitudes across the local […]

Dispute Resolution

Mediation, Dispute Resolution and Tribunals This page has information on the options for families if they disagree with a decision. 1. Who can support me if I need help with a disagreement? Both these services are free for parents, carers and young people, and can offer help and advice on options available. Organisation Sutton Parents […]

Annual Reviews – the basics

What is an Annual Review meeting – and is it always ‘annual’? An Annual Review meeting is where the school/setting, professionals, parents and a young person review the needs, outcomes and the provision (the support) in the young person’s Education Health and Care (EHC) Plan. The review meeting is to see if any changes are […]

EHC Needs Assessment Process

What is an Education, Health and Care Plan? Most children and young people with SEND will be supported within their mainstream early year setting, school or college through the Graduated Response and Quality First Teaching, with targeted and personalised support. All schools have “notional funding” to allow them to do this. The Local Authority has provided additional […]

What is Special Educational Needs (SEND) Support?

1. What is SEND support? Sometimes, your child or young person will need more help to learn – this is often called a ‘special educational need’. When this is the case, their education setting must provide suitable support to help them make more progress. Special educational needs support is to help children and young people […]

Introduction to SEND

Frequently asked questions on special educational needs and /or disabilities (SEND) for children and young people between the ages of 0 -25 1. What is the definition of a Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND)? The SEND Code of Practice 2015 says that children of school age or young people have a special educational need […]

SEND Support – Information for Parents

SEND Support Cognus supports children and young people with special educational needs (SEND), and their families/carers. We provide advice, advocacy and training. Cognus also provides home to school travel assistance and other practical help, such as Paving the Way and the Autism Service. SEND is identified in many different ways. It could be a health visitor when the child is […]

Welcome Information – Sutton SEND Service

Meeting our service Children and Young people enter the SEND service through a request for Education, Health and Care needs assessment (EHCNA) leading to an EHCP. On receiving the request, the family/young person get an allocated EHCP Coordinator. They coordinate processes and support and inform the child’s family/young person. Requests for EHCNA can be sent […]

Team Around the Family Meetings

The Team Around the Family (TAF) is a generic term used to describe the group of professionals, volunteers and members of the wider family who are involved; it must include family members working alongside professionals. TAF meetings are when the family meets with the different key professionals involved in supporting them, to produce a plan […]