Education for all (Inclusion)
Education Safeguarding Team attend event to raise awareness against Gang Violence and Knife Crime
On Wednesday 27th September 2023, the Education Safeguarding Team attended an event at The Limes College about knife crime, gang violence and restorative justice. Five minutes of madness…a lifetime of regret (The Chris Donovan Trust) At the event, a range of speakers bravely shared their stories with the realisation that although you cannot change what […]Therapies new Post 16 Assessment Clinic proves to be a huge success in its first year
The Academic Year 2022-23 saw the introduction of Cognus Therapies Post 16 Assessment Clinic. Emma Perridge (Occupational Therapist, OT) and Ashlea Stephens (Speech and Language Therapist, SaLT) noticed that they were getting a number of referrals into the Therapies service for the same young people. To avoid duplication for the young people and their […]Read more on Therapies new Post 16 Assessment Clinic proves to be a huge success in its first year
Have your say on home to school assisted travel
Have your say on home to school assisted travel Sutton Council wants to hear from children and young people and their parents and carers who use its home to school travel service. In partnership with Cognus, the Council is reviewing its Home to School Assisted Travel Policy and has different options they want to hear […]Read more on Have your say on home to school assisted travel
Attendance Graduated Response
Sutton’s Attendance Graduated Response sets out how schools, families and professionals work together to improve school attendance and ensure children and young people receive the support they need to access education. It provides a shared approach across the borough, showing how: The graduated response helps ensure that interventions are proportionate, consistent and focused on understanding […]Cognus Educational Psychology Service host EBSA networking conference
Cognus Educational Psychology Service hosted an EBSA networking conference on Monday 18th September 2023 with staff from around 30 schools attending. With other professionals also in attendance there was space and opportunity for rich exchanges ! Alongside practical tasks to reflect on the approach settings are using to reduce and support EBSA pupils we had […]Read more on Cognus Educational Psychology Service host EBSA networking conference
Additional Attendance Guidance and Specialist support
Alongside our core attendance support and intervention services, schools can access a range of additional guidance and specialist services to help remove barriers to education and support good attendance. Supporting Pupils with Medical Needs Where a child is unable to access education due to physical health, mental health or emotional wellbeing needs, schools should refer […]Read more on Additional Attendance Guidance and Specialist support
Smart Targets
Every PEP must contain three SMART targets that are reviewed at the next PEP. There should always be a SMART target for English / literacy, maths and then another area eg attendance, homework, another subject. Where a child is in KS1 or KS2 there must be a writing SMART target as we know that statistically […]Therapies Contact Point
Please see our ‘How we work with schools and settings‘ document to find out more about how we work in partnership with our educational settings. Please see our ‘How we work with families‘ document to find out more about how we work in partnership with our families. If you have concerns about your child or […]Emotional Barriers to School Attendance (EBSA) and Mental Health
EBSA is a term used to describe children and young people who have difficulties in attending school due to emotional factors. Whilst using the term EBSA can help us and others to know that the absence involves emotional factors, it is essential that further work is undertaken with the pupil and their family to understand […]Read more on Emotional Barriers to School Attendance (EBSA) and Mental Health