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School Inclusion

Cognus’ School Inclusion service provides information, advice, and guidance to schools to support inclusive practice and the prevention of exclusion. A Range of support can be offered that may include: To speak to a member of the inclusion team, or for more information, please contact Cognus’ Inclusion Coordinators on:

SEND Support

Meeting our service The service is made up Head of SEND Support, the Early Years and Sensory Impairment Teams. The service works with schools and families to support children and young people with additional needs, who do not have an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP). This support can be in many different forms. It can […]

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) We work with local partners to support children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their families. Cognus Limited (which is an organisation wholly owned by the Council) delivers most of this support, in partnership with the Local […]

Supporting the emotional wellbeing of refugee students in schools

Aimee Rolls, Trainee Educational Psychologist, Cognus Educational Psychology Service & UCL’s IOE The session focuses on how school staff can support the emotional wellbeing of children with a refugee background using a psychosocial approach, looking at how we can: The training provides a space for reflection for staff to focus on these areas and how […]

Sutton Education Wellbeing Service

Mental Health Support Team: The Domestic Abuse (DA) Team Our team provides early intervention mental health support within the school setting to 12 Sutton schools who are part of the DA cluster. The team is a part of the wider Education Wellbeing Service. Comprised of a multidisciplinary team, Sutton DA MHST brings together expertise from […]

Sutton IASS (SIASS)

SIASS offer free, impartial, confidential support for 0-25 year olds with SEND in Sutton. To visit our dedicated website, please click on the link SIASS (external website) To contact us: Our service operates year-round (including school holidays), Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. Email Sutton@SIASS.co.uk Or call us at 0208 323 0462 (please note, during busy periods it may take up […]

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 […]

Sutton Virtual School

Sutton Virtual School acts as a local authority champion to promote the progress and educational attainment of Children Looked After (CLA), Previously Looked After (PCLA), children on kinship orders and children with a social worker so they achieve educational outcomes comparable to their peers. Sutton Virtual School does not exist in real terms, or as […]

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 […]

Understanding ‘what works’: a mixed-methods evaluation of a multicomponent reading intervention in primary schools

Joe’s study demonstrates that a carefully designed multicomponent reading intervention can produce significant improvements in children’s word reading skills, and crucially, the research highlights what makes interventions truly work in practice. The research reveals that successful reading interventions depend on supporting TA confidence and autonomy, as when TAs feel empowered and self-determined in their role, […]