Bradford Council through Children’s Services, Education and Learning, provides a range of specialist teaching and support services to schools and Private, Voluntary and Independent Early Years settings as part of its offer and statutory duties for children and young people aged 0-25 years with special educational needs and disabilities. The Specialist Teaching and Support Service (STaSS) comprises:
Social, Communication, Interaction, Learning team (SCIL) formerly known as the High Incidence Team. Who are a team of Specialist Teachers, Practitioners, Access and Inclusion Officers and an Early Years funding officer who work directly with schools and Early Years settings to support children, pupils and students within those education settings. To view their page click, here.
They offer specialisms in four key areas:
Cognition and Learning
Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Early Years
Communication and Interaction (including Autism)
Low Incidence team (Sensory Service) who are a team of specialist teachers and support workers, Deaf instructors, habilitation officers, audiologists and technical officers who provide specialist teaching, support and outreach work to children and young people in schools and Early Years settings with:
Local Authority led specialist resourced provisions hosted in mainstream schools, both primary and secondary, for children and young people with EHCPs who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs and Communication and Interaction (including Autism) needs.
These are currently operational at Miriam Lord Community Primary school; Co-op Academy Princeville (Primary); Hollingwood Primary School; Thornton Primary Academy; Fagley Primary school and Appleton (Secondary) Academy.
Medical Needs and Home Education Service which comprises teachers and officers providing an education service for all children of compulsory school age resident in the Bradford Local Authority area who cannot attend school because of illness and health problems. The service is based at Owlet Road Shipley and in the school rooms at Bradford Royal Infirmary and Airedale General Infirmary.
These services are school facing and directly support schools across Bradford District.
These services are school facing and support them with their pupils on roll with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities at SEN support or with EHCPs and for the Medical Needs and Hospital Education Service for those pupils on roll who are too ill/unwell to attend school.
The Bradford SEND Local Offer is a free and impartial service provided by Bradford Council. The information contained within the website is available for the purposes of identifying services and provision that are available to children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This information does not represent a recommendation or an endorsement of a Service or Provider and neither does the Bradford Council or its partners make any representations or warranties as to the accuracy of the information.
Anyone seeking to use or access a service or provision is responsible for undertaking their own checks to determine the suitability and fitness for purpose of that service and provision. Some providers will be registered and inspected by external agencies, such as Ofsted or the Care Quality Commission. Anyone working with children and young people will be required to have appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service Check (the replacement for the Criminal Record Check), safeguarding policies and insurance in place, which they should make available to you on request.
