COVID-19 / Coronavirus
We have created a page to provide service updates and useful resources relating to SEND.
Please click here to access the page.
Latest letter from the SEN Service
Please click this link to read a letter to all local parents from our Assistant Director for Special Educational Needs and Educational Psychology, Julie Ely.
SEN Transport
In advance of the return to school in September 2020, please click this link for a letter regarding Special Educational Needs Transport and what we are doing to reduce the health risks on your child’s journey from home to school and back.
Summer activities!
Please click on this document to view the Summer Calendar 2020.
Here you will find a list of summer activities taking place which we would love for you to participate in!
We want to hear from children and young people with SEND!
The Children's Services Department are really interested in the views and experience of children and young people with SEND, as this helps us to have the right services for you! We have a new SEND Children and Young People's page, where you can find out how you can get involved and read our new All for Youth newsletter!
The Local Offer provides information about services that children, young people and their families can expect from a range of local agencies. Knowing what is out there gives you more choice and therefore more control over what support is right for you. What is a ‘Local Offer'?
We are continually reviewing and developing the Local Offer and would welcome your feedback. Please complete our short survey or contact us. For examples of how your feedback has previously been used to develop the website, please follow this link
Did you know you can also download the Local Offer to as an icon on your phone?
NEW: Visit the Local Offer Autism Zone
Advice and Support for Deaf Young People re. exam results
Exam Results Are Out - What Next? Advice and Support for Deaf Young People 25 August 2020 10.30am-11.30am Suitable for deaf young people aged 16-18 and their families. If you’re a deaf young person or a parent of a deaf young person, receiving… Read more >
Resources about healthy relationships launched for children and young people with SEND
New resources developed by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) aim to support children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) understand their emotions, relationships and identity. The 'Love Life' resources combine video drama with suggestions for… Read more >Extension of the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Tribunal Trial
The Government has extended its two-year Trial of increased powers for the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Tribunal so that it is now due to end at the end of August 2020. This means that the Tribunal will continue to hear appeals relating to… Read more >Launch event of the Bi-borough Sensory Support Team
Thursday the 10th October saw the launch of the new Bi-Borough Sensory Support Team for the boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster. The new Bi-Borough Sensory Support Team is the result of planning and talking to families and professionals. The team is made up… Read more >A trailblazer to improve mental health provision in schools
This World Mental Health Day, we turn our spotlight on the exciting trailblazer project currently underway in Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea to bring children and young people (aged 5-25 years) who attend local schools access to strengthened support for their low and moderate mental… Read more >
Winners of the Local Offer Art Competition
We had over forty spectacular entries as part of our Local Offer Art Competition for children and young people with SEND that ran earlier this year. The creativity and artistic skill on display was astounding and it proved very difficult for our judges to select… Read more >College Open Days 2019-20
When you are thinking about moving on from school to sixth form or college, it can be a good idea to go and see the new setting to make sure it is right for you. and that is able to meet your needs. Open Days… Read more >
Launch of the Bi-Borough Sensory Impairment Service
Following the consultation and a successful recruitment process earlier this year, we are pleased to confirm that a Bi-Borough Sensory Impairment Support Service is now led by Westminster Training and Outreach Service. The service will deliver specialist visual and hearing impairment support services to children… Read more >
Help us improve services for parents of children aged 0-5
The local authority are embarking on an ambitious project to review and improve services available to support parents from pre-birth up until their child turns 5 years old. To do this, we need your help. We want to know what your experience has been of… Read more >Hearing Impairment Service Newsletter - Summer 2019
The summer edition of the Hearing Impairment Service newsletter has been released. You can download your copy by clicking here. In this edition of the newsletter, read about: changes to the sensory impairment services for 2019-20 what children & young people with hearing impairment learnt… Read more >What's on: Events and activities
- Stay & Play for Pre-Walkers @ Chelsea Theatre Read More >>
- Baby Massage Read More >>
- Stay and Play at Ilys Booker Read More >>
- Brompton Library Read More >>
- Science Museum Read More >>
