SEND Directory

Haringey's Local Offer - services, support, and resources for children and young people (0-25) with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)

Find services for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)

Sense Charity

Sense is a national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind or who have complex disabilities to communicate.

They provide tailored support, advice, and information as well as specialist services to all deafblind people, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them.

In addition, they support people who have single sensory impairment with additional needs.

Shine Charity

Shine is a national charity providing specialist advice and support pre-birth and throughout life, to anyone with or affected by:

  • Spina Bifida
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
  • Anencephaly
  • Encephalocele - also may be known as Cranium Bifida
  • Tethered Cord
  • Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
  • Chiari II Malformatio 

Shine provides a range of support such as benefits, support for carers, employment and disability, education, legal services and more. 

Short breaks

Short breaks, also known as respite, provide opportunities for children and young people with special needs to spend time away from their primary carers. These breaks can occur during the day, evening, overnight, weekends, or school holidays and can take place in various settings such as the child's home, an approved carer's home, a residential setting, or a community location.

Types of short breaks:

Short breaks grant (previously personal budgets)

Personal budgets for children and young people with special needs and/or disabilities and their families will now be known as the Short Breaks Grant.  

A new policy statement and self-assessment form are being finalised and launched in early 2025. 

This page will soon include more details. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact the Disabled Children’s Team.

The Sleep Charity

The Sleep Charity advocates for improved sleep support and access to free, high-quality information. 

Vale at Belmont Inclusion scheme

The Vale at Belmont Inclusion scheme is for primary aged Vale pupils who are included full-time at Belmont Infants and Belmont Junior schools.

This scheme caters for pupils with physical disabilities, some of whom have additional medical and/or learning needs. Pupils on this scheme require some specialist facilities and adaptations, but with varying levels of support, equipment and curriculum modifications, are full members of the mainstream school communities.

Vale School - secondary

A secondary aged student will attend our Secondary Department which is co-located with Duke's Aldridge Academy. Students have a programme tailored to their individual needs, ranging from specialist teaching to full mainstream inclusion.

The secondary department is organised into six Tutor Groups and a support network for included students.

Vale School - primary

The Vale School Primary Department is co-located with Lancasterian Primary School – children are taught by specialist teachers in small class groups with other children with similar needs, with appropriate inclusion opportunities.

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