Inclusion Support Service

Our Inclusion Support Service delivers specialist advice and practical solutions that will support you in the teaching of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We work collaboratively with you to design a bespoke package specific to your needs, providing strategies that help to ensure your children thrive. Our support will leave your school with capacity and capability to have a long lasting impact, and our professional challenge will enable your school staff to develop outstanding SEN and inclusive practices.

Our service is comprised of a team of teachers who bring an extensive local and national perspective of SEND best practice. They have substantial specialist knowledge, skills and advanced qualifications in SEN and are experienced classroom practitioners and leaders/managers of SEN provision in schools. We use evidence based approaches from sources such as the Education Endowment Foundation, Whole School SEND, PDNet and the Autism Education Trust and support you to implement these in your context. The team also have well established links to a wide range of other services, professionals and health agencies, as well as a strong professional relationship with NASEN (National Association of SEN) and Bath Spa University.

Our service can be accessed on a consultancy basis, or at different levels of subscription with a number of days spread over three terms.

We can work with you as an individual school or work with groups of schools to support collaboration and meet your local priorities. Our service can provide:

  • Strategic support for SEND leadership and whole school capacity building to ensure your school can meet SEND needs
  • Specialist advice around the SEND areas of need of
    • cognition and learning
    • communication and interaction
    • physical development and medical
    • social, emotional and mental health
  • Support with identifying and analysing need and making appropriate provision, along with individual casework to support complex needs
  • Liaison with other professionals, families and schools to successfully manage the transfer of pupils at transition points
  • Support for SENCOs in meeting the needs of the SEND Code of Practice and improving provision, including drop in sessions
  • High quality training for leaders, teachers, governors, parents and support staff
  • Hub and cluster packages that promote collaborative working, sharing good practice and maximising impact.
  • Specialist advice in urgent situations delivered via our telephone/email helpline.

Why choose us?

  • Our team of highly skilled and qualified specialist teachers have substantial leadership and classroom experience, along with extensive local and national SEND perspectives
  • We have a proven track record in promoting inclusion of pupils, providing practical strategies and solutions for individual children, based on a thorough understanding of their needs
  • As part of the council we are able to work in partnership, interpreting advice and liaising with other services to best meet the needs of the child
  • Our experience can support you to navigate complex casework through building positive relationships with school staff, families and other professionals
  • We can provide induction and support to help new SENCos understand processes and fulfill their role effectively, helping with essential paperwork, protocols and processes
  • We focus on securing the right outcomes for young people such as improving pupil engagement and inclusion, as well as access to learning and overall attendance and attainment
  • We can empower and improve confidence and knowledge of your teaching and learning staff
  • We link our work to Ofsted expectations in leadership and management, personal development and welfare and outcomes for pupils.

For further discussion and costs, please contact Jo Briscombe at jo.briscombe@southglos.gov.uk or call 01454 863349.