Referrals
What is the Specialist Advisory Teaching Service?
The Specialist Advisory Teaching Service (SATS) aims to provide skilled specialist staff to support schools and settings to promote inclusion and raise the achievements of children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and/or Additional Educational Needs (AEN) in the following Specialist Areas
- Ethnic Minority Achievement
- Developmental Difficulties - Early Years
- Sensory and Physical
- Communication and Interaction
- Cognition and Learning
- Early Support
What do Specialist Advisory Teachers do?
We work with a range of different people to provide a service that supports inclusion and raises the educational attainments and achievements of pupils with special or additional educational needs.
Much of our work is around supporting schools to meet the needs of pupils, and we do this in a variety of ways. Sometimes our work could be very individual, by providing support to individual pupils. Other times we may give advice to school staff, in order that they feel sufficiently confident that their school are able to meet the needs of a group of pupils with a specific need. We might do this through INSET, or through a series of visits. We do sometimes need to challenge school practice if we feel that the needs of individual pupils are not being met, however we would always wish to work with schools in a supportive and empathetic manner.
How do I request a visit?
Agencies wishing to refer should complete the Children's Services Single Referral Form which should be submitted to your area SATS office with the necessary evidence. For more information on this process please use the link 'How to make a referral' at the top right of this page. Unfortunately we are unable to respond to referrals that do not have the necessary supporting papers, and these will be returned. If you are in any doubt at all about making a referral, or wish to know anything else about the service, please contact your area SATS office, see the Contact Us page for details.