Staff at Streetsbrook are exceptional.  Everyone works extremely hard and are totally committed to ensuring each and every child makes the progress they are capable of, whilst recognising that children all have different starting points.

Senior leaders are committed to providing the entire staff with appropriate CPD in order to carry out their roles and responsibilities to the very highest standards. As a result, staff regularly receive training sessions on a range of needs.

Mrs Minter, the academy’s Headteacher is actively involved on a number of SEND Groups across the Local Authority including the Joint Additional Needs & Disability Board, The Inclusion Board and the SSSAB Inclusion Group, which she chairs.  

Streetsbrook have completed their ASD and Mental Health First Aid Training and have been actively involved in the Language Link programme for a number of years. Mrs Louise Minter, Mrs Zoe Ward, Miss Louise Dorow and Mrs Claire Doyle are our trained Mental Health First Aiders.

Other recent training staff have benefitted from includes:

Speech Language and Communication Need Trauma and Adverse Childchood Experiences (ACEs) Sensory Processing Dyspraxia Attachment Disorder TEACCH SmartMoves WriteDance Visual Impairment Down Syndrome Di-George

Mrs Carey also attends termly Local Authority and Collaborative SEND meetings for SENCos.

Training is always focused on specific needs and the school actively seeks expertise and additional training as necessary.