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From the Chair of the Woodfield Governing Board
 Brent Children's Trust
The Brent Children’s Trust is updating its strategy to support children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The Strategy will direct the ambitions and priorities of the SEND Partnership's work over the next three years. The Partnership refers to all the groups working together, across education, health and care, to support young people with SEND from birth to 25 years. To ensure that the Strategy is based on the views and experiences of young people and families in Brent, we are gathering feedback from young people (0-25 years) and parents and carers. Your feedback will help us to improve the services we offer, so that every child and young person has access to the right support and opportunities. Please follow this link to access the questionnaire
This will only take 5-10 minutes of your time, is totally anonymous, and we encourage all parents and carers to use this opportunity to use their voice to improve the outcomes for SEN people in Brent.
Brent Carers Forum - Road to Recovery Session
The Brent Carers Forum has an web session planned for Tuesday 23rd March, 10-12. The session will involve a short presentation about some of the support available and to give you the opportunity to meet with them and professionals from the Local Authority and Health and ask them questions. Full details available on their flyer, or on our website.
To register click on the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-big-conversation-road-to-recovery-together-send-families-0-25-tickets-144909017773
Sufra Food Bank
Woodfield is also a referrer to Sufra Foodbank. A charity that provides support to vulnerable families in need of additional help. They provide essential food and toiletries to families experiencing an acute crisis. The size of their food parcels depends on the size of the family that needs support but typically last between 5 to 7 days. They also offer other support such as:
- Community kitchen - hot meals being delivered to those without cooking facilities as well as the elderly and isolated.
- Advice services & refugee support
- NHS Emergency Food Aid Service - food packs for patients
- Community garden
This is a confidential service and any referral will be treated with strict privacy within the school. If you would like to discuss further, please contact Patsy.
Annual Reviews of EHC Plans
Annual reviews, in the current circumstances, need to take a different form. A review meeting, even if by necessity briefer than usual, can be carried out as advised by the Coronavirus Act 2020 for the Secretary of State for Education. due to the need to assign some staff from working on annual reviews to delivering the rapid testing program, the timeframe for delivering annual reviews may be adjusted. You will be well informed of any changes.
In order to complete the Annual Reviews of EHC Plans this academic year, Woodfield School will conduct reviews, virtually or over the telephone rather than face-to-face where this can be done following the guidance on reducing transmissions of coronavirus (COVI-19). Therefore parents or carers will not be invited into school for a review meeting.
An invitation e-letter will be sent out with more details as your child's' review approaches. (Please note that the Local Authorities have stated there is a backlog with amending ECHP’s). We will be happy to chase it up for you but just so you know ultimately it is the Local Authority who updates the EHCP. You will be entitled to a draft copy of all reports.
Please note; we have a change in our GDPR policy as to how we send review paperwork of your child to you. We will no longer send reports to parents’ personal email accounts. As of September 2020, we will only use your child’s email set for all correspondences for Annual Reviews. This encourages access to knowledge and sharing of information in a safe and controlled way from us to you.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please email on wf-senreviews@compasslp.co.uk or contact the school and speak with the SEN Administrator who will be more than happy to support you.
Proposed dates for reviews:
Autumn Term 2020 - Oct -Dec (Year 14, 13 and 9)
Spring Term 2021 - Jan - April (Year 9, 13, 12, 11 and 10 )
Summer Term 2021 - May- July (Year 10, 8 and 7)
Assistance from local councils
Local councils have set up guides for residents with regard to how to access a range of assistance over this time, be it medical, financial, business or even how to volunteer to assist others.
You can view these offerings from local councils by clicking the links below.
Brent
Barnet
Harrow
Ealing
Camden
Westminster
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