Inclusion & Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Key Staff Members for Inclusion
Mrs Amui - Assistant Headteacher and SENDCo
admin@olivergoldsmith.brent.sch.uk (put for attention of in re: line ) & 020 8205 6038
Our offer to children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
At Oliver Goldsmith, we are committed to offering an inclusive curriculum to ensure the best possible progress for all our children, whatever their needs or abilities. They are helped to develop confidence in their own abilities and strengths in all areas of their school experiences. Support is provided for any pupil who may, at any time in their school career, require different or additional provision to help them achieve their full potential.
All Brent Local Authority (LA) maintained schools have a similar approach to meeting the needs of pupils with Special Educational Needs /Disabilities and are supported by the LA to ensure that all pupils, regardless of their specific needs, make the best possible progress in school. All schools are supported to be as inclusive as possible, with the needs of pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities being met in a mainstream setting wherever possible.
The four broad 'areas of need' are Communication and Interaction, Cognition and Learning, Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties, and Sensory and Physical Needs.
Full details of the support offered can be found by clicking on the following links:
OGS SEND Information report 2023-2024.pdf
Equalities information and objectives statement
Brent Local Offer https://www.brent.gov.uk/media/9706321/Brent-Schoo...
Brent Parent Carer Forum
Brent Parent Carer forum offers information, support and friendship for families of children and young people aged 0-25 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Brent Family Well-being Centres
The Brent Family Wellbeing Centres provide a range of community-led services that can support you from the moment that you know you're expecting, through pregnancy and birth, until your child is 18 years old (or up to 25 for children and young people with special educational needs). The Centres, offer a wide range of free health, education and welfare services to families and aim to give everyone in Brent the best possible start in life.
Brent Outreach Autism Team (BOAT)
The Brent Outreach Autism Team (BOAT) supports settings in their work with children and young people up to the age of 19 who have been given a diagnosis on the Autism spectrum.
Supporting the Assessment Route (STAR)
STAR has been designed to complement the work of the existing support teams in Brent. Their aim is to support families, children and young people who are under the care of Brent Paediatrics or Children's mental Health Services (CAMHS) and will be undergoing a Neurodevelopmental or Social Communication Assessment.
Brent Young Carer support
Brent Vision Impairment Service
The Brent Vision impairment service (BVIS) aims to ensure children and young people with a diagnosed vision impairment have the equality of opportunity alongside their fully sighted peers.
https://www.brent.gov.uk/children-young-people-and...
Tools to support pupils with visual impairment
Brent Deaf and hearing Support Service (BDHSS)
The Brent Deaf and hearing Support Service (BDHSS) aims to ensure children and young people with diagnosed hearing loss have equality of opportunity alongside their hearing peers to reach their full potential.
Wellbeing and Emotional Support Team (WEST)
The Wellbeing and Emotional Support Team (WEST) is a targeted mental health service for vulnerable children and young people aged up to 18 years old and up to 25 for people with special educational needs and disabilities.