Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)

Early Years (including SEND)

Cognus’ Early Years team supports and advises PVI settings – Pre-schools, Day Nurseries and Childminders and Early Years provision in Schools. By working closely with the Early Years sector and promoting good Early Years practice we aim to ensure that all children benefit from high quality provision. We provide support by carrying out advisory visits, […]

Local Offer

Sutton’s Local Offer Website: for all your SEND information needs. The Local Offer has two key purposes:• To provide clear and accessible information about the support and opportunities available locally. These include education, health and social care.• To make provision more responsive to local needs and hopes. This includes involving children and young people with […]

Cognus Therapies

Who are we? Cognus Therapies comprises of qualified Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Senior Therapy Assistants. We are a large and diverse team with a wealth of knowledge and experience in supporting children and young people with additional needs. What we do The team works with schools to identify and support children and […]

Clinical Psychology Service

WHO ARE WE? We are Clinical Psychology Cognus; highly trained specialist clinicians of neurodevelopmental, mental health and research expertise following qualification from a doctoral programme. We have experience working within various clinical settings such as inpatient units at hospitals and within the community. We are regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council and are […]

Autism and Social Communication

Cognus’ Autism Service is an education support service focusing on supporting pupils with social communication difficulties or a diagnosis of autism to access education. We work with education settings including early years, primary and secondary schools and Post-16 settings. Cognus’ Autism Service is a traded service, meaning that settings, individuals or local authorities can buy […]

Assisted Travel Service

The Assisted Travel team is a statutory service. We ensure young people can travel to school or college. We ensure they are not prevented from travelling by circumstance, disability or need. We ensure that children can arrive at school ready to learn. The Assisted Travel team receive applications for transport. We assess the needs of […]

Family and Children Engagement

Cognus staff want to work together with families. We know how important feeling listened to, supported and understood is. Below are the ways we work with and listen to feedback from young people and families: Cognus Family Voice Membership: Commitment: For more information or to get involved please email: familyvoice@cognus.org.uk #CognusandProud Family Focus newsletter Sign […]

Attendance

If a young person has low attendance, it is worthwhile taking some time to work through the EBSA guidance for schools (updated March 2023) There are action planning templates, audits and flow diagrams that can all help identify the issue for the young person and move towards a solution. There are further information on attendance […]

Improving outcomes for school-aged children

Information about EEF research-based interventions and more coming soon!

Other Information and Guidance

Browse here for Government guidance relating to the children we support. Help at Hand service run by The Children’s Commissioner Promoting the education of children with a social worker (publishing.service.gov.uk) National Advocacy Helpline More coming soon!