Oxhill Nursery School

Oxhill, Stanley, Co Durham, DH9 7LR

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Home / SEND / SEN Specialist Expertise

SEN Specialist Expertise

SENCO and SEN Staff

Our SENCO’s are:

Julia Watson, holds the National Award for SENCO’s qualification.

Cheryl Lindoe, holds NCFE CACHE Level 3 Award for SENCO’s in Early Years

More details of the SENCO’s role can be found in the SEN Policy which you can find in the School Policies section of our website.

Our team includes staff trained in Makaton, TEACH Approaches, PECS, BLAST and Supporting Children on the Autistic Spectrum.  From October 2021 our staff will begin an accredited speech and language training program through ELKLAN. More information about ELKLAN can be found at: www.elklan.co.uk

External Specialists and Other Bodies

The school enjoys good working relationships with a wide range of people who provide services to children with SEND and their families.

The external specialists may:

  • Act in an advisory capacity
  • Extend expertise of school staff
  • Provide additional assessment
  • Support a child directly
  • Suggest statutory assessment is advisable
  • Consult with all parties involved with the child

These include:

  • Durham County Council Local Offer
  • Durham SEND Information,  Advice and Support Service
  • Educational Psychology Consultants
  • Speech & Language Consultants
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Paediatrician
  • Early Years Team

How We Secure Specialist Expertise

We allocate funds from our school budget or through our Community of Learning to secure specialist advice.

Sometimes this funding is used to provide additional support, train staff or provide additional specialist resources. Each year we purchase an SLA with the Educational Psychology service in order that children with difficulties in this area are quickly identified and supported.

If a child has complex special educational needs, we could also receive additional funding from the Local Authority to meet the agreed outcomes. Or the Local Authority could provide us with Learning Support Officers (LSO’s) who work 1:1 with a child. Our nursery has been a base school for such staff for many years and as a result we have been able to observe effective practice and access advice and training

If a child has complex special educational needs, we could also receive additional funding from the Local Authority to meet the agreed outcomes.

More details of the SENCO’s role can be found in the SEN Policy which you can find in the school policies section of our website.

In this section

  • Introduction
  • Our SEN Provision
    • The kinds of SEN that are provided for:
    • Our approach to teaching children & young people with SEN
    • How we adapt the curriculum and learning environment for children & young people with SEN
    • How we identify, assess and review children with special educational needs
    • How children with SEN engage in all activities?
    • How we evaluate the effectiveness of SEN Provision
  • Support for Emotional & Social Development
  • Looked After Children with SEND
  • SEN Transition
  • SEN Specialist Expertise
  • Consulting with our SEN Pupils, Parents & Carers
  • Compliments, Complaints & Feedback
  • Key Policies
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Oxhill

Stanley

County Durham

DH9 7LR

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