Education for all (Inclusion)

PostPosted: 6 Oct 2023Posted in HeadlinesThemes: Education for all (Inclusion), Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)

Have your say on home to school assisted travel

Have your say on home to school assisted travel Sutton Council wants to hear from children and young people and their parents and carers who use its home to school travel service. In partnership with Cognus, the Council is reviewing its Home to School Assisted Travel Policy and has different options they want to hear […]

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.) […]

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 […]

PostPosted: 30 Sep 2023Posted in HeadlinesThemes: Education for all (Inclusion), Keeping children safe, Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND), Training and Development

Cognus Educational Psychology Service host EBSA networking conference

Cognus Educational Psychology Service hosted an EBSA networking conference on Monday 18th September 2023 with staff from around 30 schools attending. With other professionals also in attendance there was space and opportunity for rich exchanges ! Alongside practical tasks to reflect on the approach settings are using to reduce and support EBSA pupils we had […]

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 […]

Further Resources

You can find here a range of resources that could support you in your role as a parent or carer of a child. Sutton Information Hub is a website that is being developed to provide residents with a single place to find information about local groups, clubs, services and support relevant to them. Home | […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]