Professionals

Level 1 British Sign Language (BSL)

Do you want to communicate with Deaf people? Then come along to our BSL Level 1 Course! When:  Course commences on 18th September 2024 (Please note, this course has already commenced and is full. The next one will commence in September 2025, so if you’re interested, please email enquiries@cognus.org.uk to register your interest for 2025.) […]

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Attendance Graduated Response

Sutton’s Attendance Graduated Response provides a multi-agency framework, that supports working together to encourage school attendance and tackle the barriers to attendance that may arise for a child or young person.  The Attendance Graduated Response aims are: • To support our work together to create positive change that enables children and young people to attend […]

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Useful resources and information

Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions   If you require support for children unable to access education due to their health needs please refer to the London Borough of Sutton’s policy for Educating children with emotional, wellbeing and health related needs who cannot attend school by clicking here. Absence and attendance codes  It is […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Attendance Support in Schools

Schools attendance duties are outlined in the DfE guidance Working together to improve school attendance (publishing.service.gov.uk) and Summary table of responsibilities for school attendance  Attendance Support Team Cognus’ Attendance Support Team support education settings, children and young people, parents/carers to ensure attendance levels are maintained at appropriate levels. We recognise the importance of working holistically […]

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Attendance support for Professionals working with children and families in Sutton 

School attendance, everyone’s business Improving attendance is everyone’s business. The barriers to accessing education are wide and complex, both within and beyond the school gates, and are often specific to individual pupils and families.  The DfE issued guidance in 2022 Working together to improve school attendance (publishing.service.gov.uk) for schools and local authorities.    The publication is […]

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Attendance Support around Emotionally Based School Avoidance (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 […]

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Attendance Support for Professionals

How we work with you  We work in close partnership with our colleagues in Early Help, social care and the Virtual School in order to provide a holistic approach to improving issues and challenges with school attendance using a multi-agency approach. All Sutton Schools have an allocated officer within the Cognus Attendance Support Team, who […]

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Free Autism Advice Sessions for Professionals 02/11/2023

Would you like to talk about your young person and get some ideas or strategies? If we have availability, you will be allocated a 30 minute video call between these times
Thu 2 November, 2023, 9:30am - Mon 20 November, 2023, 12:00pm

Book a 30 minute 1:1 session via Microsoft Teams

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