The Early Years SEND Team work with a range of children who have been identified as having complex additional needs.

The Early Years SEN Officers, who are the named contact for private, voluntary and independent settings and childminders, support children with a significant delay in two or more areas of development which may affect their learning from birth until they enter pre-school or school, whether they have a diagnosis or not. A child can be referred into our service following an assessment with the Health Visiting Team.

Alternatively, if your child attends a daycare nursery or pre-school, the SENCo at the setting may raise your child at a SENCo surgery with their allocated EY SEN Officer. Every referral is done strictly with parental consent.

The Early Years SEN Officers, offer a termly SENCo surgery and telephone support for PVI settings when required.