Date: 04 June 2019

Children’s Services SEND Service PO Box 40, Civic Centre, West Street, , OL1 1XJ Tel: 0161 770 4269 Fax: 0161 770 4277

Dear Parent/Carer

Re: Update on your allocated Local Authority SEND Officer and briefing on improvements made to the provision of SEND services in Oldham

I am pleased to report that our SEND Officers have now been allocated specific schools and will be responsible, with the school SENCO, for the review and maintenance of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHC Plans), for any child/young person attending a school or setting.

This will mean that your son/daughter, along with the school SENCO will have a named contact for communication regarding their EHC Plan.

It also means where an Oldham child or young person with an EHC Plan attends:

• a school outside of Oldham, the ward in which they live will be used to determine the named officer. For example, if a child/young person attends a school in Bolton and lives in the Failsworth West area, the named officer would be the officer covering the Failsworth West area. • a post 16 provision (college, further education, training college, apprenticeship), the ward in which they live will be used to determine the named officer. For example, if a young person attends and lives in the Failsworth West area, the named officer would be the officer covering Failsworth West area. • a school in Oldham, there will be a named officer for that school dependent on the ward it is located in.

We can confirm that there will be a deputy officer allocated to all schools and settings in the case of annual leave or absence.

I hope this information reassures you of our commitment to offer a bespoke and personal service which better meets the needs of your family and gives you a named contact in the school through the SENCO as well as a Local Authority contact. Attached to this letter is a complete list of wards, schools and named officers.

Parent/carer event (11 July 2019)

I can also report that within Oldham Council and NHS Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group (Health) we have significantly increased the resources allocated to SEND and re-focused our efforts on how to improve co-production with families when creating a high quality EHC Plan and updating annual reviews.

If you have been working with our team over the past year, I do hope you have seen a positive difference and are satisfied with the quality of service you have received. We will be running a parent/carer event on 11 July 2019 and this will be an opportunity to celebrate the changes made and listen to the voices of families about how we can continue to improve further.

We will be in touch with you soon with more details on venue and times for the parent/carer event, which we’d love for you to attend.

Local Offer (www.oldham.gov.uk/localoffer)

If you have not recently reviewed the online Local Offer, I would recommend it to you. The Local Offer is an easily accessible, one-stop hub of information that details support, guidance and support for children and young people with SEND and their families. We welcome your thoughts on the changes made to the Local Offer and how we can continue to improve it by emailing [email protected] or let us know at the parent/carer event.

Transport offer

In other news, we have also completely reviewed the SEND transport offer and worked hard to ensure that all children and young people are safe and appropriately transported, irrespective of their need. We are trying to be creative in order to help our young people become independent as they grow older. Once again, any comments on the significant changes we have made are welcome.

Our objective as a local partnership, which includes Oldham Council, Health (CCG) and the Parent Carer Forum (POINT) is to serve the SEND community in Oldham, ensuring that our children and young people achieve the very best outcomes possible to help them thrive. We aim to co-create our polices and practice with parents/carers and listen and respond to feedback. However, we recognise that some parents/carers may still have some concerns and anxieties and your local SEND officer will, where possible, aim to help and advice you.

If you speak to your school SENCO, you will be given contact details. I look forward to meeting with you in due course

Yours faithfully,

Dr Shirley Woods-Gallagher Assistant Director for Education (SEND) Date: 04 June 2019

Specialist Ward Schools in Ward Named SEND Officer Deputy SEND Officer Provision (main contact) (in case of absence/annual leave)

Spring Brook Failsworth West Mather Street C P Eleanor Mason Vicky Jakeman Lower Propps Hall C P South Failsworth C P Contact Num- 0161 770 3540 Contact Num - 0161 770 6546 Oldham Islamic St Mary’s Schools Email - Email - St Mary’s Blue Coat C E School [email protected] [email protected] Oldham Beever C P Independent Holy Cross C E Schools Horton Mill Greenhill Bright Futures Roundthorn Academy

Spring Brook Waterhead Vicky Jakeman Eleanor Mason Upper Inc. Littlemoor C P Greenacres C P Spring Board St Anne’s R C Contact Num - 0161 770 6546 Contact Num – 0161 770 3540 Clarksfield C P Email - Email - St Thomas C E Moorside [email protected] [email protected] Elland House St James Hodge Clough C P St Theresa’s R C Willow Park Academy Woodlands Academy Mayfield Academy

Saddleworth Christ Church C E Denshaw North Delph C P Diggle C P Holy Trinity C E Dobcross

New Bridge School Newman R C College Mary O’Sullivan Sheree Horn (Inc. post 16/19) Central Mills Hill Contact Num - 0161 770 1743 Contact Num - 0161 770 1764 St Herbert’s R C St Luke’s C E Christ Church C E Chadderton Email - Email - Mary.O’[email protected] [email protected] Corpus Christi R C Chadderton Stanley Road C P South Yew Tree C P Whitegate End C P

New Bridge School Crompton and Crompton Sheree Horn Mary O’Sullivan (Inc. post 16/19) Crompton House C E Crompton C P Contact Num - 0161 770 1764 Contact Num – 0161 770 1743 Rushcroft C P St Joseph’s R C Email- Email - St Mary’s C E [email protected] Mary.O’[email protected]

Alexandra Broadfield C P Alt Academy St Hugh’s C E Glodwick Infant Alexandra Park Junior

Specialist Ward Schools in Ward Named SEND Officer Deputy SEND Officer Provision (main contact) (in case of absence/annual leave)

Hollinwood Saddleworth Sofie Halliwell Kathryn Lyons Academy South St Chad’s C E School Greenfield Primary Contact Num - 0161 770 6542 Contact Num - 0161 770 1146 Greenfield St Mary’s C E Friezland C P Email - Email - St Anne’s C E Lydgate [email protected] [email protected]

Werneth St Patrick’s R C St Thomas C E Werneth Freehold School Werneth Academy

Failsworth East Co-Op Academy Failsworth Higher Failsworth St Johns C E Woodhouses V C

Hollinwood Medlock Vale Hathershaw College (Inc. Kathryn Lyons Sofie Halliwell Academy Resource) Coppice Academy Contact Num - 0161 770 1146 Contact Num - 0161 770 6542 Holy Rosary R C St Martin’s C E Email - Email - Medlock Valley C [email protected] [email protected]

Shaw Beal Vale C P Buckstones C P EC St Georges C E EC St James C E Hey with Zion

Saddleworth St Edward’s R C West and Lees Springhead Infant Knowsley Junior St Agnes C E St Thomas C E Leesfield

Kingfisher School Royton North Firbank C P Angela Sear Catherine Hobday Thornham St James Thorp C P Contact Num - 0161 770 2138 Contact Num - 0161 770 3353 St Paul’s C E SS Aidan and Oswalds R C Email - Email- [email protected] [email protected] Royton South The Blackshaw Lane C P Royton Hall C P St Anne’s C E Royton

Coldhurst St Hilda’s C E Northmoor Academy Richmond Academy Westwood Academy

Kingfisher School Chadderton North Chadderton (Inc. Catherine Hobday Angela Sear North Resource) Bare Trees C P Contact Num - 0161 770 3353 Contact Num - 0161 770 3353 Burnley Brow C P St Matthew’s C E Email - Email - [email protected] [email protected] Hollinwood Holy Family R C Lyndhurst Academy St Margaret’s C E Oasis Academy Limeside Limehurst C P