SEND Support
School Inclusion Team
- Mrs Robyn Morrey - Inclusion Manager and Assistant Headteacher
- Mrs Mandy Doyle - Assistant SENDCo
- Mrs Rachel Barr - Family Support Worker
What you will find here
This section of our website is dedicated to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. We will update this page with relevant information on topics such as meetings or information evenings held either at school or in the wider community. We will also add website links and documents that we think might be of interest to parents.
The statutory information regarding Special Educational Needs provision at our school can be found on the Statutory Information page, listed under the Statutory Info tab. Various policy documents relating to SEN can be found on the School Policies page, listed under the About Us tab.
Solihull Local Authority Additional Needs Strategy
Solihull Local Authority have written a strategy which outlines their vision for children and young people with additional needs in Solihull. This strategy is for any child or young person, up to the age of 25 years’ old who lives in Solihull and has a special educational need (SEND) or additional need. It is also for their parent carers and others who support them.
Solihull Local Offer
This is a Solihull Local Authority website about services and support for children and young people with disabilities or special educational needs. Under the Education tab, there are lots of resources, information and support for children and families: Solihull Local Offer
Solihull Family Information Service
Solihull Local Authority have aParents’ Network that provides information on local events and services of interest to all families. They send out regular news and information about family activities and events in Solihull. You can register on the Parents’ Network page to receive a regular copy of this.
Or you can join them on Twitter at @Solihull FIS to keep up to date with further news and information for local families.
Speech and Language
Below is a link from Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust to support parents if you have any concerns regarding your child’s speech and language, and provides useful resources, information and guides for what you could do if you have have a worry.
https://www.coventrychildrensslt.co.uk/families/speech-sounds/
Recommendations from other parents
Parents of children in school with additional needs have recommended the following organisations or weblinks. Click on the logos to visit websites of the organisations. Please remember that external sites are not under our control and their content may change without warning. We provide these links as a service but cannot check or endorse information contained therein.
If you have any websites, social media links (e.g. twitter handles), or other information that you think other parents may find useful, then please get in touch and let us know.
Click on the logos or titles below to visit the relevant site.
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Solihull and South Birmingham Family Equip supports families of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties. Family Equip wants to promote good mental health for all children. They offer training and consultation for parents and agencies. |
Signpost Inclusion works with children and families of those with special needs, including both physical and hidden disabilities. Their main cohort being on the autistic spectrum. They run seasonal activities, swimming clubs and a whole range of fun activities for the whole family including climbing, horse riding and karting. |
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Since Whizz-Kidz was founded in 1990, they have transformed the lives of over 18,000 disabled children. They provide essential mobility equipment to help young disabled people to be independent, and run youth groups (known as Ambassador Clubs), Wheelchair Skills Training sessions, residential camps and Work Placements to help young people develop and reach their potential. |
You can follow Safe Space Support Group (Solihull) on Facebook. |
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Carers Trust support unpaid carers of all ages - young (5-25 yrs), adult (25+) and senior (60+) - providing free help and support with help guidance training and social activities. |
The Solihull Parent Carer Forum is a voluntary group of parents of children with additional needs. They work with (but are independent from) Solihull Local Authority to ensure the services they plan and deliver meet the special needs of children and young people, as well as the standards required by law. They ensure they are informed of parents' and carers' opinions and the issues that they face. |
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The vision for Solihull SENDIAS Service is that children and young people with SEND, and their parents/carers, will be more aware of their entitlement and the options available, and will be able to make informed decisions. Information, advice and support for children and young people with SEND and their parents/carers will be impartial, free to access, accurate, confidential, comprehensive and easily accessible/ understandable. |
Delivering SEND activity programmes across the West Midlands
Inclusive Sports academy are driven and motivated towards achieving positive results for all children through engaging them in their activity programmes. They strongly believe in being unique in their approach and the key to their success has been investing time in the children. Inclusive Sports Academy specifically designs sessions that are tailored to ensure the needs of the children are met in an environment they feel relaxed and ready to learn in. |