SEND

Helen Woolf – Deputy Headteacher (Inclusion)

Sam Barrett – Operational Inclusion Lead

Rashmina Mullick- SEND TA

Ozma Ahmed- SEND TA

Tracey Buckley- SEND TA

Kym Harman- SEND TA

Yasmin Atif- SEND TA

Lynne Lowe- SEND TA

Cindy Skerritt- SEND TA

Katie Hough- SEND TA

Bethan Murphy- SEND TA

Teresa Regan- Link Educational Psychologist

Helen Adkins- Link Speech and Language Therapist (1 hr per week)

Diane Moat- Specialist SpLD (Specific Learning Difficulty) Teacher (1 hr per week)

Jenny Dubowitz – Trainee Play Therapist (one afternoon per week)

Learning Support Information

Helen Woolf is our school SENCo and has worked at Oswald Road since September 2013. She has achieved the National Award for Special Needs Education (NASENCO) with a Distinction, and graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University on 25th July 2016.

Sam Barrett joined us as the Operational Inclusion Lead in September 2015. Prior to working at Oswald Road, Sam was a HLTA (Higher Level Teaching Assistant) in a very large inner-city school in Manchester, working mainly in KS2. She has worked in both Special Schools and Pupil Referral Units and her specialisms are SEND, behaviour management and EAL (English as an Additional Language).

Click here to see our SEND policy

Click here to read our SEND Information Report

For further information on Manchester’s Local Offer for Children and Young People with SEN and disabilities, click here.

COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE

In order to deal with you concern or complaint in the quickest and most straightforward way, we ask that you please direct all concerns or complaints, via email, to the following address : inbox@oswaldroad.manchester.sch.uk
This inbox is reviewed daily by the Headteacher. A copy of the school’s Resolutions and Complaints Policy can be found here.

LOCAL EVENTS

There are friendly, informal Local Offer drop-in events coming up, which are a great way for parents/carers of a child with SEN to:
— speak to services face to face
— meet other parents and carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities
— get information and advice
— find out about local activities available for their child.

All are welcome to pop in for a cuppa and a chat any time between 10am and 12 noon on:

29 Jan 2020– Powerhouse, 140 Raby Street, M14 4SL
26 Feb 2020- Manchester Youth Zone, 931 Rochdale Road, M9 8AE
25 Mar 2020- Woodhouse Park Lifestyle Centre, 206 Portway M22 1QW
29 April 2020– Powerhouse, 140 Raby Street, M14 4SL
13 May 2020- Manchester Youth Zone, 931 Rochdale Road, M9 8AE
24 June 2020- Woodhouse Park Lifestyle Centre, 206 Portway, M22 1QW
8 July 2020– Powerhouse, 140 Raby Street, M14 4SL