Working with schools

Every school and nursery in Newham has an educational psychologist who makes regular visits.

The SENCO of the school or nursery is the most likely person to co-ordinate EP visits, but we also meet regularly with Headteachers and other teaching and non-teaching staff.

We can use our time very flexibly. In negotiation with schools and nurseries, we aim to extend the range of our work beyond individual casework and beyond the area of special educational needs.

Examples of the kind of work we regularly undertake include: jointly seeking solutions for problems, working with individual teachers, working with groups of pupils, running parent workshops, contributing to policy development, providing INSET for staff, and establishing and evaluating new initiatives.

We also accept requests for consultation and/or referrals in respect of individual pupils. The concern leading to the request may have been raised initially by parents or carers, by the children/young people themselves or by the nursery or school.

For more information - contact the school directly