Dear Parents, Carers, Prospective families and visitors to our school website, I would like to firstly say thank you for taking the time to read our website and I hope it reflects the wonderful work that happens every day at York Road.

I want to provide some additional thoughts for you to read if you have a child with Special Educational Needs, any additional Needs, or Medical Needs or if you are concerned that they may have some needs and you are not quite sure what to do next or who to speak to.

This is an area of my passion, expertise and what I never find a dull moment working on.  As a parent of 3 children, one of whom has Autism, Sensory Processing Difficulties and Anxiety, and another who has Dyslexia and Dyscalculia (both with Education, Health & Care Plans), I hope that I can offer empathy, genuine support, advice and occasionally the odd idea that has worked for me and my family!

I qualified as a Teacher in 1999 in London and worked in Primary Schools and one other Maintained Nursery School. I spent 7 of those later years working for a charity called Norwood where I was lucky to spend a great deal of my time with children, young people and adults with SEND including those with physical and learning disabilities. I feel that was the foundation of my SEND learning and gave me the knowledge I have today to support families who come to York Road.

York Road Nursery School was also the Lead School for DSPL1  (Delivering Special Provision Locally) from January 2016 – July 2018 where I led on monitoring a range of provisions such as Behaviour, Nessie (mental health & well-being) , SENCO support & training, parent training, Autism support in schools and much more across North Herts.

This demonstrates the inclusiveness of York Road Nursery School & Yorkies Daycare provisions and how committed the teams are to having a child-centred and holistic approach.

If you want to have an informal chat about your child please do email me on head@yorkroad.herts.sch.uk or call the school on 01462 459127 to arrange to speak with me.

Dear Parents, Carers, Prospective families and visitors to our school website, I would like to firstly say thank you for taking the time to read our website and I hope it reflects the wonderful work that happens every day at York Road.

I want to provide some additional thoughts for you to read if you have a child with Special Educational Needs, any additional Needs, or Medical Needs or if you are concerned that they may have some needs and you are not quite sure what to do next or who to speak to.

This is an area of my passion, expertise and what I never find a dull moment working on.  As a parent of 3 children, one of whom has Autism, Sensory Processing Difficulties and Anxiety, and another who has Dyslexia and Dyscalculia (both with Education, Health & Care Plans), I hope that I can offer empathy, genuine support, advice and occasionally the odd idea that has worked for me and my family!

I qualified as a Teacher in 1999 in London and worked in Primary Schools and one other Maintained Nursery School. I spent 7 of those later years working for a charity called Norwood where I was lucky to spend a great deal of my time with children, young people and adults with SEND including those with physical and learning disabilities. I feel that was the foundation of my SEND learning and gave me the knowledge I have today to support families who come to York Road.

York Road Nursery School was also the Lead School for DSPL1  (Delivering Special Provision Locally) from January 2016 – July 2018 where I led on monitoring a range of provisions such as Behaviour, Nessie (mental health & well-being) , SENCO support & training, parent training, Autism support in schools and much more across North Herts.

This demonstrates the inclusiveness of York Road Nursery School & Yorkies Daycare provisions and how committed the teams are to having a child-centred and holistic approach.

If you want to have an informal chat about your child please do email me on head@yorkroad.herts.sch.uk or call the school on 01462 459127 to arrange to speak with me.