Links for families
Jump to:
- What the Local Authority does for SEND
- Waltham Forest Parent Forum
- Find things to do
- Find support for different needs
- Educational Psychology in Waltham Forest
- Schools with SEND expertise
- Things that don't fit anywhere else
1. What the Local Authority does for SEND
The Waltham Forest Local Offer: what the Local Authority does for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Waltham Forest's Early Years Inclusion Pathway tells you how the local authority helps families find early years care for children with SEND.
2. Waltham Forest parent forum
Waltham Forest parent forum is an organisation for parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Do one thing? Join it.
3. Find things to do
Find activities:
- The Best Start in Life activities for 0 to 5-year-olds
- The Lloyd Park Centre calendar of acitivities
- What happens at and around our nearest Family Hub on Queens Road
- Sensory Play at Walthamstow Family Hub, Billet Road
- Sensory Play at Queens Road Family Hub
4. Find support for different needs
- Local NHS services for children under 5
- HENRY: local help on everything around food, eating, and nutrition. From pregnancy to being a grown-up
- Speech and language drop-in at Billet Road Family Hub
- Speech and language drop-in at Queens Road Family Hub
5. Educational Psychology in Waltham Forest
Educational Psychologists are qualified specialists in child psychology and child development. They have particular expertise in supporting children and young people with special educational needs, learning difficulties, and social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
If you have concerns about your child, talk to our SENDCo, or you can make an appointment with Educational Psychology Service by emailing:
educationalpsychologyservice@walthamforest.gov.uk
6. Schools with SEND expertise
Learning in Harmony Trust: this organisation runs two local specialist schools:
- Whitefield School
- Joseph Clarke School
- Markefield is a charity in Tottenham which provides an after-school club and other support for children with disabilities, children who are autistic, and their families.
7. Things that don't fit anywhere else
What an Inclusion Quality Mark Inclusive School Award is.
