Menu

St Andrew's C of E Primary School

Inspiring children to achieve their personal best

SEND Parent Information and Support

Our SENCo is Mrs Norman.

Please feel free to contact her via the following email address

senco@st-andrewscofe.essex.sch.uk

 

alternatively, feel free to contact the school office to make an appointment. 

 

 

Please note, that any new information will be dated and added to the top of this page. 

SEND TERM AHEAD MEETING AUTUMN 2023

Still image for this video

Emotional Regulation parent/carer Workshop

ADHD Parent/ carer workshop

Peer Educator Programme-support parents and carers of autistic children

  • Autism Anglia Autism Central website Autism Central East of England Hub where online sessions can be booked onto. The Peer Educators for the programme will still be providing advice and support for those who need it over the summer holiday and parents/carers can access this by filling in the form on the website

New Inclusive Play space at Stanway Lakelands Centre

Information from SENCo Parent forum meetings

Overview of SEND Support Stages

Useful Links to parent support websites and documentation

  • The Essex Local Offer Essex County Council's website which signposts information about Health, SEN, Education, Local Provision and much more.

SENDIAS Information Poster

  • Families in Focus Essex An independent charity, working with families who have a child (or children), or a young person, with any special educational need or disability (SEND). We provide advice and support to families with SEND children on how to access appropriate education, how to apply for an Education Health Care Plan and appeals to the SEND tribunal, as well as providing support with disability benefits, and social care issues. They also run weekend activity clubs In Colchester and Chelmsford for SEND children and their siblings, and have just started to pilot a peer-to-peer family support service.
  • The Maze Group Supporting families of children with additional needs. The Maze offer free monthly drop in sessions, a specialist weekly programme and additional workshops to guide, advise and support you for as long as you need us.
  • ADHD+ Support group Provides information, advice and support for people with neurodevelopmental conditions and their families. Conditions they support with are: ADHD, ASD, Tourette Syndrome, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Dyslexia.
  • Autism Anglia Autism Anglia is an independent charity that provides care and support to autistic children, adults, and their families in East Anglia. Services in Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, managed from office in Colchester, offer personalised approaches that provide each individual with the necessary skills and strategies to enable them to realise their own strengths and abilities. The charity also seeks to promote greater knowledge and understanding of autism through training, education, and supplying information to the public and professionals.
  • Colchester Toy Library Colchester Toy Library offer a relaxed and welcoming space above Prettygate Library for anyone to come along and try out our toys, enjoy our soft play area and just have some fun! Colchester toy library is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 10.30-12.30pm.

Essex Educational Psychologist- A guide for parents

InterAct Colchester Club- Copford Village Hall

Self regulation coping strategies

Zones of Regulation

Top

Cookies

Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.

Our cookies ensure you get the best experience on our website.

Please make your choice!

Cookies

Some cookies are necessary in order to make this website function correctly. These are set by default and whilst you can block or delete them by changing your browser settings, some functionality such as being able to log in to the website will not work if you do this. The necessary cookies set on this website are as follows:

Website CMS

A 'sessionid' token is required for logging in to the website and a 'crfstoken' token is used to prevent cross site request forgery.
An 'alertDismissed' token is used to prevent certain alerts from re-appearing if they have been dismissed.
An 'awsUploads' object is used to facilitate file uploads.

Matomo

We use Matomo cookies to improve the website performance by capturing information such as browser and device types. The data from this cookie is anonymised.

reCaptcha

Cookies are used to help distinguish between humans and bots on contact forms on this website.

Cookie notice

A cookie is used to store your cookie preferences for this website.

Cookies that are not necessary to make the website work, but which enable additional functionality, can also be set. By default these cookies are disabled, but you can choose to enable them below: