What we do…

We work in a variety of ways to ‘support schools in supporting pupils’ by offering services in the following areas:

• Assessment of pupils

• Consultation and advice

• Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo) support

• Training

• Specialist teaching

• Intensive Learning Unit

What you can expect from us….

• A professional, high quality service that is tailored to meet the needs of individual settings.

• A yearly Service Level Agreement (SLA) purchase meeting.

• A termly caseload planning meeting.

• An allocated Specialist Teacher.

• Up–to-date advice and support re: SEND topics

• A team of highly experienced Specialist Teachers, who have or are studying for additional SEN and/or SpLD qualifications at Level 7, enabling the team to undertake GCSE Access Arrangements Testing in line with current JCQ regulations and the assessment and teaching of pupils with Dyslexia.

• Many of the LSS Team have previous experience in the role of SENCo within Dudley Schools. Therefore they have excellent knowledge of SEND in the local context.

• LSS have established links with outside agencies, resulting in co-ordinated support.

• Continued Professional Development on a range of SEND topics and intervention programmes.

• Termly SENCo Forum.

How to access our services…

Details of our costs and services can be found in the documents on our 'Services Available' page.