Support sessions for parents of children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND)

If your child has SEND and attends one of the following schools in Bishop Auckland or Stanley and you would like information and advice about what is available to support their needs then these sessions are for you.

You can:

get advice and guidance around the type of support your child may receive in their school/college
find out about further services available to you and your child in your local area
get advice about services available to your child's school/college

You do not need a diagnosis to attend, and sessions are drop-in, you do not need an appointment. We will see people on a first come, first served basis, for a maximum of 20 minutes.

You cannot attend these sessions if your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan or you are going through an Education, Health and Care assessment.

Schools included

Stanley

Burnside Primary School
Greenland Community Primary
Oxhill Nursery
Shield Row Primary
Bloemfontein Primary
Burnopfield Primary School
Tanfield Lea Community Primary
Tanfield School College of Science and Engineering
East Stanley School
South Stanley Infants
South Stanley Junior School

Bishop Auckland

Bishop Barrington School
Cockton Hill Infants
Cockton Hill Juniors
Copeland Road Primary
Prince Bishops Primary
St Helen Auckland Primary
Toft Hill Primary School
King James Academy
Oakley Cross Primary
St Andrews Primary
St Joseph's RCVA Primary School (Coundon)
Victoria Lane Academy
Aclet Close Nursery
Escomb Primary
Etherley Lane Nursery
Etherley Lane Primary
St Annes Primary
St Chad's RCVA Primary School, Witton Park
St Johns Cath School and Sixth Form Centre
St Wilfrid's RCVA Primary
Woodhouse Community Primary

These sessions are provided by the Department for Education's Delivering Better Value in SEND programme. This is a pilot programme and is limited to pupils attending these schools. Unfortunately, children/young people from other nurseries or schools are not able to attend the drop-in sessions at this time. We hope that this programme will be rolled out across County Durham in the future.