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Advice if you have a concern or want to make a complaint about your child's school.

Solihull Council is preparing a new Local Plan.

The Education Participation Advisory Service (EPAS) is a service made up of four specialist teams

Barn Lane Recreation Ground

Big Community Switch helps residents switch energy suppliers, move to a renewable electricity tariff and save money on their energy bills

The sensory and physical impairment team is a highly specialist team experienced in working with children and young people who have a hearing impairment, physical disability, multi-sensory impairment or visual impairment.

I have concerns about my child’s academic progress. What do I do next?

Any concerns you as a parent/carer have regarding your child having a specific learning difficulty e.g. dyslexia, should be discussed initially with your child’s teacher and where concerns have been on-going, with the school’s Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO).

As part of the ‘graduated approach’, schools can request additional provision from the CLD team in the form of 1:1 or small group intervention to improve pupil outcomes. Ordinarily, the focus would be on literacy or numeracy skill development.

The CLD team offers a wide variety of twilight, half and full day training packages. These can be purchased as part of a subscribing school’s allocated hours, or as a ‘spot purchase’ where a setting is non-subscribing. Courses offered are aimed at developing understanding, knowledge and skills for staff that work in schools and educational establishments to support pupils with SEND, and in turn, improve outcomes.

Enhanced SEND skills for staff in schools and settings

Some children and young people with autism may need additional support as they transition (or move) from one setting to another. A range of help is available to support you and your child or young person to prepare for a change.

Information and support for children or young people with autism and their families.

Activities, resources and website links that we think will be useful to you to support your child’s speech and language skills.

We are a team of experienced practitioners with a specialism in Speech, Language and Communication Disorders (SLCD) .

What to do if you are concerned a child may have autism.

The EHCP Service is a dedicated team that work specifically around the statutory assessment and review process.

List of all the schools in Solihull with a direct link to their local offer where we know it

How you can get help for a child or young person before or after they have been assessed for autism.

What happens if you think a child or young person has Autism.

Co-production is where service providers work in partnership with other services, young people, families, and carers to ensure they have a positive impact on people people’s lives and are effective in their delivery.

There is a national framework that all local authorities must operate within for the funding of special educational needs in mainstream schools including academies.

All mainstream schools and colleges are provided with resources that they can use to support those with additional needs, including children and young people with SEN and disabilities

Special Educational Needs and Disability Provision in Solihull

he CLD team are one of the two traded teams of the Specialist Inclusion Support Service (SISS) provided by the local authority in Solihull. As a traded service, schools can choose to buy the services of the CLD team with their delegated funding for children with special educational needs and disabilities. Each subscribing school is allocated a ‘named’ teacher. The school decides on the amount of support they buy from the team.

Communication and Learning Difficulties Team Assessment Resources for Schools

To establish a clearer picture of a child or young person’s profile of need, the Communication and Learning Difficulties (CLD) team often carry out observations and assessments of individual pupils, as requested by school.

The Communication and Learning Difficulties (CLD) Team is a team of experienced Specialist Teachers. The team is traded and can be purchased by all Solihull primary, secondary and special schools on an annual subscription basis. Alternatively, we can be bought on an ad-hoc basis.

These toolkits have been produced by the SISS Autism Team to support Solihull schools to further develop their understanding of good Autism practice and the implementation of strategies for pupils with Autism.

Higher education study is provided at Universities and at a variety of colleges that offer a higher education course category.