Introducing our Specialist Outreach Team

Sometimes schools need extra help and advice to support children and young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The Kirklees Specialist Outreach Team works with schools to ensure children and young people are supported in a wide variety of ways.

Pupils don’t need an Education, Health & Care Plan (EHCP) to access this service as it is based on needs. Every outreach case is different and the team includes specialist teachers and staff who have extra qualifications, training and experience in working with children and young people with SEND. The outreach team supports mainstream schools across all key areas of need. They help school staff to promote inclusion and achievement for pupils with SEND.

The team expanded last year and now covers:

• Social, Emotional and Mental Health
• Cognition and Learning
• Complex Communication and Interaction
• Sensory and Physical

For more information, please take a look at the Kirklees Local Offer and search for Specialist Outreach Team.