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Twilight sessions delivered to school teaching staff  – by Paving the Way

Two twilight sessions were delivered to Robin Hood Junior School teaching staff  around the support, management and understanding of pupils with ADHD and or traits of ADHD at school. Aims of the session: To increase knowledge of ADHD and to have a better understanding of how it feels for a child/young person with ADHD/attention and […]

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Cognus Autism Acceptance Events 2024

Pioneered by the National Autistic Society (NAS), World Autism Acceptance Week aims to raise awareness and acceptance of individuals living with autism by educating people to understand the condition and by helping make the world friendlier to those who are affected by it. At Cognus, we will be running a variety of workshops and activities […]

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Paving the Way Warriors Group

Our latest group of Paving the Way Warriors celebrating all their hard work This was our 9th group of primary school pupils that have enjoyed learning about themselves and meeting new friends every Wednesday after school I get less angry and upset My behaviour is better at school Everyone is so kind I have liked […]

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Keeping Children Safe Online

Paving the Way in collaboration with Sutton’s Education E-Safety Advisor hosted a workshop for parents on ”Keeping children safe online”. 5 members of staff attended, with 7 families attending in person and 18 families accessing the resources online. Parents feedback included: Lots, that I wasn’t aware of, apps I didn’t even know exist I learnt […]

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Exclusions – An improving picture

Exclusion prevention has been an ongoing focus of the local area, in particular post-pandemic where Sutton has seen an increase in challenging behaviour and escalation of complex needs within schools. Historically, Sutton’s rates of exclusions have remained fairly consistent and below the national average. However, during the pandemic Sutton’s rates of exclusions did not drop […]

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Post 16 training reaches over 50 staff at local college with positive feedback

Cognus Therapies have been the preferred provider for Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy at North East Surrey College of Technology (NESCOT) since 2017. In October 2023, Cognus Therapies were asked to deliver training for Teachers and Learning Support Assistants across the college on supporting therapy needs in the classroom. Ashlea Stephens (Highly Specialist […]

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Attend To Achieve #SchoolTodayFutureTomorrow

January to March 2024 sees the launch of the national attendance campaign, what better time than this to showcase Suttons coproduced school attendance strategy Attend to Achieve!!! This strategy seeks to address the needs of children and families in Sutton by removing barriers they may face achieving good school attendance. Our goal is to ensure […]

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Cognus Education Safeguarding Team deliver training for staff at The Change Foundation UK

On Wednesday 17th January, Steve Welding (E-Safety Advisor) and Hayley Cameron (Education Safeguarding Manager) from the Education Safeguarding Team delivered training to 15 members of staff from The Change Foundation UK. I can’t believe so much has changed in terms of safeguarding in the space of a year.  This training is invaluable, and Steve and […]

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Therapies team train members of school staff across schools in Sutton,

Cognus Therapies trains 59 members of school staff across 28 schools in Sutton, by delivering 7 training sessions across the summer term 2023. Jo Wells (SaLT), Amber Burnett (OT) and Howard Hutchins (OT) successfully delivered the first SEND Champion Training to 59 member of school staff across the Sutton Local Authority. This training was hosted […]

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Sutton LSCP attend the Children and Young People Now Awards 2023

On 23rd November 2023, Hayley Cameron, Education Safeguarding Manager, along with partners from Sutton LSCP, attended the Children and Young People Now Awards 2023 at The Hurlingham Club in London, after being shortlisted for their entry with the Child Safeguarding Toolkit. Now in their 18th year, the awards showcase the innovative services and impactful work […]

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