Outreach

‘Supporting Schools. Enabling Inclusion’

The purpose of the Wolverhampton Outreach Service is to maintain the mainstream placement of children with additional needs, by transferring skills from special school settings into the mainstream school. This includes training for school staff and practitioner led support.

Under the coordination of Dr Eve Griffiths, the service is made up of teachers and TLSAs from across four of the City’s Special Schools, Broadmeadow, Penn Hall, Penn Fields and Tettenhall Wood.

Staff on the team have experience in all four areas of need, including autism and social emotional and mental health needs.

As working teachers ourselves, we understand the curious challenges of the classroom and so offer support that is grounded in successful classroom practice, whilst being both practical and empathetic. We aim to empower teachers to believe in their own ability to meet the needs of all children, cascading our own skills and sharing the expertise and experiences of the special school classroom.

The support that we offer for families

The Wolverhampton Outreach Service, in partnership with the Family hubs offer support to parents of children with SEND. We can offer parent workshops, coffee mornings, drop-in sessions and parent programmes. For details or to book, visit Outreach - Parent support.

The support that we offer for schools

Observation of classroom practices with face to face feedback
Shared action planning and strategy implementation
Support for inclusion, access and transition
Support with differentiation and planning
Preparation of resources
Modelling of good practice (including special school visits)
Moving and handling guidance
TAC and EHCP support
Support for parents
Disability awareness input.
Access to pathways for Dyslexia, SEMH and ASD.
Support with implementing advice given by other agencies

We are able to accept referrals for children with additional needs that attend mainstream schools within Wolverhampton. The purpose of our support is to enable schools to adapt their practices in order to facilitate the inclusion of these children.
We accept referrals from school staff and health professionals. If you are a parent and feel your child’s school would benefit from our support, please speak to the school’s SENDCo about making a referral.