Learning and Inclusion

• Assessment and review of children and young people with EHCPs.
• Specialist provision and placement planning, decision-making and funding.
• Norfolk Local Offer website.
• Educational Psychology

The  SEND & AP Sufficiency and Strategy Service has the lead role for:

EHCP delivery for children in early years and statutory school age is organised within 3 areas aligned to district council boundaries - North/East/Broadland, West/Breckland, Norwich/South. In addition we have a dedicated team for families travelling through their first EHCP assessment and a county wide Post 16 team. Specialist provision and special school placements is commissioned through the High Needs Block and the service has lead responsibility for sufficiency planning for special school and Specialist Resource Base provision locally. Our multi-disciplinary Educational Psychology and Specialist Support service comprises Educational Psychologists, specialist learning support teachers and advisers and therapy clinicians who support schools and settings locally to best meet the needs of children and young people with SEND.

Assistant Director

Nicki Rider: 01603 223876 or nicki.rider@norfolk.gov.uk

Senior team

High Needs Programme Manager Stuart
Brunton-Douglas: 01603 222337 or stuart.brunton-douglas@norfolk.gov.uk

Projects Manager
Wendy Rudd: 01603 307742 or wendy.rudd@norfok.gov.uk

Principal Education Psychologist
James Thatcher: 01603 307562 or james.thatcher@norfolk.gov.uk

Senior Adviser, SEND Statutory Operations
Sam McCallum: 01603 224486or sam.mccallum@norfolk.gov.uk

Senior Adviser, SEND Statutory Operations
Amanda Walsh: amanda.walsh@norfolk.gov.uk

Senior Adviser, SEND Specialist Provision and Funding
Kim Breen: 01603 307702 or kim.breen@norfolk.gov.uk

Service support

Service Support Manager High Needs SEND
Deborah Hayward: 01603 495938 or deborah.hayward2@norfolk.gov.uk