Safeguarding review
Whole School Safeguarding Culture review - joint planning, in-person delivery and full report. Looking at creating a safe community for all stakeholders as well as ensuring compliance.
Using Evaluate My School self-evaluation and action planning software.
Whole School SEND review
A Whole-school SEND/Inclusion review can help you plan effectively to close gaps for children while maximising funding, staff efficacy and well-being. The review includes school visit, reporting and a 1 year licence for Evaluate My School platform, with self-evaluation tools created by national experts in SEND.
Scope and pricing to be agreed directly with schools
SENCo Leadership support.
Bespoke support for Special Educational Needs Coordinators wherever they are in their career. Understanding your role as as school leader, preparing, designing and embedding CPD, Creating Strategic Development Plans, building effective relationships for whole-school inclusion.
What we do
Schools Supported was founded in 2022 to help schools serve the staff and students who need them most. In a period of significant change in education where children and staff are readjusting to a post-pandemic education and Education, Health and Care services are stretched, Headteachers and their staff deserve genuine, fast support from people who will listen first.
We work with experience, evidence and your existing systems to make sure our bespoke packages meet your needs and budget.
We specialise in:
- Training for TAs and other support staff
- Supervision for Pastoral leaders, DSLs and SENDCos
- No-threat, full Safeguarding audits in line with your local thresholds and contextual safeguarding.
- Whole school development and review for Special Educational Needs in mainstream schools.
- Supporting curriculum review for inclusion including pastoral and extra-curricular provision.
Training for TAs/Mentors
The Inclusion Development Programme is TA training series to develop SEND staff knowledge of teaching and learning, responsibilities and creating a toolkit for effective support of students' needs. The course content can include; SEN Code of Practice for TAs, Safeguarding for SEND, Dual Coding as a metacognitive tool, Direct Instruction and Modelling Thinking and a range of other themes. Click to see an example of a course outline below. This course can be built to fit into anything from a 2 day course to an 8 week series of sessions; online or in person.
Supervision for Designated Safeguarding Leads, SENDCos, Middle and Senior Leaders.
Somewhere between professional coaching and clinical supervision, Supervision for leaders supports Early Intervention for Safeguarding, effective pastoral leadership and staff growth.
Sessions can be one-to-one or for team groups of up to 8 people. To find out more click to enquire below.
What our clients say
“Laura’s calm, thought-provoking approach to supervision enabled me to see a clear path ahead. Without a doubt I have built confidence in my leadership approach. Laura made me feel comfortable, safe and free to express myself and share doubts and decisions in depth. Laura is a great listener with a unique approach, her ability to listen and hear what is being said enables her to ask the right question at the right time”
Assistant Headteacher
Secondary school, Kent
Supervision
“Laura understood the issue readily, listened with care, offered pertinent advice and kept the child at the heart of the issue throughout our discussion”
Senior Trust Leader and School Governor; Primary and Secondary education.
Safeguarding consultancy
“Laura carried out a full safeguarding audit over two days for our large and diverse secondary school. She worked effectively with key members of staff in order to produce a detailed and comprehensive report, outlining areas of strength and for development. Throughout the process, Laura was highly professional; staff felt supported, listened to and were offered a good opportunity for self-reflection and development. Laura has a high level of expertise and her feedback was honest, concise and hugely valuable. I would wholeheartedly recommend Laura to anyone seeking a similar service.”