Current outreach services in Cheshire West and Chester

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Outreach services provide advice, guidance and support to mainstream primary and secondary schools to improve inclusion and provision for pupils with SEND. Currently, the Council funds and commissions the provision of this service for mainstream schools across Cheshire West and Chester from special schools across the borough.

Support provided by the Outreach Service helps to enable teachers and support staff to respond to the needs of individual pupils and deliver effective interventions, ensuring all pupils have access to a broad and balanced curriculum.

The Outreach Service aims to:

  • Maintain mainstream school placements for children and young people with SEND
  • Support children and young people with SEND as they move between key educational stages (such as from primary to secondary school, and from secondary school to college or post-16 education)
  • Support children and young people with SEND to transition from special schools into mainstream schools.

Support from the Outreach Service includes:

  • Outreach Support - A teacher or teaching assistant from a special school will go into a mainstream school for an agreed session / sessions to support the school with a child or young person with a particular need.
  • In Reach support – A teacher or member of support staff from a mainstream school will go into a special school and work with a specialist teacher or teaching assistant to learn how best to support children or young people with SEND. This will usually be in relation to specific support for one child or young person and focus on an identified need.
  • Continued Professional Development (CPD) – Schools can request specific CPD in an identified area of SEND support, which could be a series of training sessions around a theme such as autism.
  • School to school support – Mainstream Schools can request support from special schools to develop specific pieces of work, such as a focused school improvement project or advice, guidance and support.

Outreach services provide advice, guidance and support to mainstream primary and secondary schools to improve inclusion and provision for pupils with SEND. Currently, the Council funds and commissions the provision of this service for mainstream schools across Cheshire West and Chester from special schools across the borough.

Support provided by the Outreach Service helps to enable teachers and support staff to respond to the needs of individual pupils and deliver effective interventions, ensuring all pupils have access to a broad and balanced curriculum.

The Outreach Service aims to:

  • Maintain mainstream school placements for children and young people with SEND
  • Support children and young people with SEND as they move between key educational stages (such as from primary to secondary school, and from secondary school to college or post-16 education)
  • Support children and young people with SEND to transition from special schools into mainstream schools.

Support from the Outreach Service includes:

  • Outreach Support - A teacher or teaching assistant from a special school will go into a mainstream school for an agreed session / sessions to support the school with a child or young person with a particular need.
  • In Reach support – A teacher or member of support staff from a mainstream school will go into a special school and work with a specialist teacher or teaching assistant to learn how best to support children or young people with SEND. This will usually be in relation to specific support for one child or young person and focus on an identified need.
  • Continued Professional Development (CPD) – Schools can request specific CPD in an identified area of SEND support, which could be a series of training sessions around a theme such as autism.
  • School to school support – Mainstream Schools can request support from special schools to develop specific pieces of work, such as a focused school improvement project or advice, guidance and support.