Special Educational Needs

The Special Educational Needs and Pupil Support Team deals with many aspects relating to inclusive education. This includes:

  • identification, assessment and provision for pupils with additional needs
  • administration of statutory assessment process and annual review of statements of special educational needs
  • Parent Partnership Officer - to offer independent advice and assistance to parents and carers in connection with special educational needs
  • identification, monitoring and tracking of ' Children Missing From Education' or 'at risk of being missing from education'
  • provision of advice and support for schools, governors and parents relating to pupils excluded from schools
  • provision of home/school transport
  • school transfers - mid-term transfers between schools  (please see link to admisssions advice for transfers relating to initial admission to primary education or primary to secondary transition)
  • offering advice and dealing with applications for child employment permits
  • complaints - advice to parents, schools and governors on matters relating to school-based complaints; guidance on corporate complaints (Local Education Authority service provision)
Name and post title Contact number Email
Special Educational
Needs/Pupil Support 		FAX No 01642 201905  
John Smith, Assistant
Head of Pupil Support 		01642 201825 john_smith@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Kevin Flanagan,
Pupil Support Manager 		01642 201826 kevin_flanagan@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Dave Westerman,
SEN Officer 		01642 201827 dave_westerman@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Mary Griksaitis,
Child Protection Officer 		01642 201829 mary_griksaitis@middlesbrough.gov.uk
David Ball, Principal Pupil Support
Officer (Named Children Missing
From Education [CME] Contact) 		01642 201828 david_ball@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Emma Lowe,
Senior  Pupil Support Officer, 		01642 201830 emma_lowe@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Janette Lyall, Administrative Assistant 01642 201834 janette_lyall@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Karen Boswell, Senior Clerk SEN 01642 201833 karen_boswell@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Chris Rumsey, Clerk 01642 201832 chris_rumsey@servicemiddlesbrough.org
Laura Hudson, Clerk 01642 201831 laura_hudson@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Parent Partnership Officer 01642 201872 teresa_atkinson@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Home / School Transport FAX No 01642 201904  
Martin Metcalfe, School Transport
Officer 		01642 201888 martin_metcalfe@middlesbrough.gov.uk
 George Smith, Transport Assistant 01642 201888 george_smith@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Gary Abbott, Transport Clerk 01642 201888 gary_abbott@servicemiddlesbrough.org

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