Miss Dodds is the Designated Teacher for Children Looked After. Miss Dodds is also the school SENDCO. She ensures that all teachers in school understand the implications for those children who are looked after and works closely with all staff to support those children who are looked after and have SEN.
When a child becomes looked after his/her social worker must ensure that the child’s needs and the services to meet these are documented in the Care Plan. The Care Plan – of which the PEP is an integral part – is made before the child becomes looked after or in the case of an emergency placement within 10 working days. The PEP is a record of what needs to happen for looked after children to enable them to fulfil their potential and reflects any existing education plans, such as an EHCP, SEN Support Plan or Provision Mapping. The PEP should reflect the importance of a personalised approach to learning which secures good basic skills, stretches aspirations and builds life chances. The PEP is the joint responsibility of the local authority and the school.
Our Designated Teacher for Children Looked After is Miss Dodds and she can be contacted on 0191 3700182.