SEND web pages

Our special educational needs pages have information on the full range of support on offer to families of children with SEN and disability in Oxfordshire.

The SENDCO Helpdesk

The team of Specialist SENDCos and Specialist Early Years advisors are on hand to provide working SENDCos with strategies, signposting, early intervention guidance and universal support for primary age/stage and early years children. The team can support with concerns at an individual or whole school/setting level, either by email, phone or TEAMS Meeting.

• SENDCO helpdesk - request for support

Educational Psychology Service

The Educational Psychology Service works with children, parents and teachers to promote children’s learning and development.

Integrated Children's Services

Integrated Children’s Services offer early help, information and specialist services to children and families with additional and complex needs.

Special Educational Needs Casework Team

The Special Educational Needs Casework Team manages the statutory assessment work relating to children with statements.

SEN Support Services (SENSS)

SEN Support Services (SENSS) support children with the following needs: 

• Hearing impairments
• Visual impairments
• Multi sensory impairments
• Communication and interaction difficulties (includes autism, speech, language and communication needs)
• Down’s syndrome and complex needs
• Physical disabilities
• SEN ICT Augmentative and Alternative Communication (using technology to support access to the curriculum)
• Early Years children with complex learning and communication needs - Early Years SEN Team

How to request help

Requests for the involvement of the early years advisory teams such as the Early Years SEN team and Physical Disabilities or health teams such as Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy are made through Oxfordshire’s Early Support Single Point of Request for Involvement, by completing the SPORFI form (docx format, 110Kb). 

For further information, see the Early Support Flowchart (pdf format, 177KB).

SENCOs or managers are always welcome to talk through a potential referral with an Early Years SEN member (on a 'no-name' confidential basis) via the SENCO help desk before completing the form with the child’s parents.