Targeted Education Support Service (TESS)

We are specialist, qualified and experienced teachers and educational practitioners who work with schools to support children and young people (aged 4-16) when learning progress, social, emotional or mental health are causing concern. We work with every school in the borough.

What we do

• Provide specialist advice to support progress - through consultation, observation, modelling good practice and, where appropriate, assessment. We also offer a bespoke one to one teaching service to schools that includes modelling and coaching
• Deliver training - on evidence-based interventions for literacy, mathematics, social skills and emotional development. Training also covers teachers’ awareness of SEND strategies, SEND Code of Practice, school and department of education policies and research updates around inclusion.

Getting help

• Referrals to us are via the school
• If your child is having difficulties at school or not making progress please speak to the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator at your child's school.

Resources

We have produced a number of checklists and resources that draw upon wider research and knowledge to help schools and other settings support pupils with SEND.

• SEND definitions booklet
• Graduated Approach Presentation
• Delayed entry to primary school.

SEMH

• Charlie Taylor Checklist
• Ncb framework - Promoting wellbeing and mental health in schools

Quality first teaching

• Classroom Environment Checklist
• Quality First Teaching Checklist - Secondary School Strategies
• Quality First Teaching Checklist - Primary School Strategies
• Behaviour in the Classroom
• Exception Finding Questions
• Sounds Write at Leigh St Marys
• Interventions with Impact - monitoring sheet
• Tracking Interventions.

School policy

• Behaviour and discipline policy - June 2020

LGBTQ

• LGBTQ Inclusion Network meetings - primary schools
• LGBTQ Inclusion Network meetings - secondary schools.