Specialist Outreach
Referrals should be made via the Hertfordshire Service Request Form - Children and young people.
Some specialist settings in Hertfordshire offer an Outreach Service that ensures the needs of children and young people with EHCPs are met as locally as possible.
This offer is available to all children who have EHCPs and access year 1 upwards provision in mainstream schools.
The focus is on sharing good practice, resources and current interventions. Teachers from specialist settings will visit schools to:
- build staff confidence and develop existing SEND practice within mainstream schools.
- direct work with a pupil to model teaching, or assessment approaches and enable school staff to put them in place.
- advise schools, together with parents, following direct observation of work with the pupil in class.
- support the development and use of resources to enable children and young people with SEND to access the curriculum, learn and make good progress.
- lead in the research, evaluation and sharing of new resources, best practice, effective strategies and interventions as they become available.
Special schools are assigned to local areas linked to DSPLs:
DSPL 1 & 2 – North Hertfordshire and Stevenage
Woolgrove, Greenside, Larwood
DSPL 3, 4 & 5 – East Herts, Welwyn and Broxbourne
Amwell View, Middleton, Hailey Hall
DSPL 6 & 9 – Watford, Three Rivers, Bushey, Radlett, Potters Bar and Borehamwood
Colnbrook, Watling View, Garston Manor
DSPL 7 & 8 – St Albans and Dacorum
Collett, Woodfield, Haywood Grove, St Luke’s
Who to contact and when
If you have a child or young person in your school who has an EHCP that you are worried about, and feel will benefit from further support please do make this request through the Single Service Request form.
Hertfordshire Service Request Form - Children and young people
The new Specialist Outreach model (for year 1 and above) is broken into quadrants and below sets out the panel manager who has responsibility for managing the allocation of Specialist outreach support.
| Outreach for each area | Providers in DSPL/area |
| 1 and 2, North Hertfordshire and Stevenage | Pamela Radford Pamela.radford@hertfordshire.gov.uk |
| 3,4 and 5, Bishop’s Stortford, Sawbridgeworth, Buntingford, Watton-at-stone, Hertford and Ware. Hoddesdon, Broxbourne and Cheshunt. Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield (excluding south Hatfield villages) |
Laura Tolley |
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6 and 9, Potters Bar (including South Hatfield Villages) and Borehamwood. Watford, Three Rivers, Bushey and Radlett. |
Sophia McClymont |
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7 and 8, Harpenden and St Albans. Berkhamsted, Tring, Hemel Hempstead and Kings Langley. |
Alice O’Rourke |
If you have had a block of support agreed you will be asked to complete the following form before support commences:
Live link for the Beginning - https://surveys.hertfordshire.gov.uk/s/I6L50O/
Once the block of support has come to an end you will be asked to complete the following form
Link for End - https://surveys.hertfordshire.gov.uk/s/73J1S2/
Please ensure these forms are completed, as they help us to evaluate whether the service is meeting the needs of settings and young people. Your feedback is extremely valuable in informing ongoing service development.