A member of our Senior Leadership Team, who is a qualified and experienced Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo), oversees the strategic leadership of our SEND provision. 

Our experienced and professional team of teaching assistants work directly under our SENDCo and Assistant SENDCo. They provide a comprehensive package of support to cater for a wide range of needs. The support for your child is personalised to fit their needs, in consultation with our SEND Team, teaching staff, parents and outside agencies. We believe that the key to effective support is engaging the pupil and families to work together with us so that we provide the right support, at the right time and in the right areas for them. Together with the school’s pastoral team, we assess, plan, do and review the support in place to ensure we provide for your child at every Key Stage, academically and socially.

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator: Helen Bacon - sendtriage@ous.e-act.org.uk      

We have a range of Teaching Assistants working with students with special needs across both campuses. These include HLTAs specialising in numeracy or literacy, and other HLTAs and TAs offering support with specialist sensory needs, behaviour, BTEC & vocational study skills, autism and support within the sixth form. The team offers a range of 1:1 and small group interventions, as well as support within the classroom.

New queries must be submitted to sendtriage@ous.e-act.org.uk which will then be directed to the appropriate member of the SEND management team. 

Members of the SEND Team:

• Mrs Helen Bacon - SENDCo: for all enquiries relating to EHCPs/EHCP pupils
• Assistant SENDCo: for all enquiries relating to SEND pupils/new referrals
• SEN Admin: for all general and enquiries relating to Exam Access Arrangements

We hold various meet & greet sessions for parents/carers of current pupils. The dates of these are added to the school calendar and advertised here. Parents/carers will also receive an Edulink invitation for the meet & greets. 

SEND Homework Support Sessions

Resources for Parents/Carers

Below are some links to information parents/carers may find useful. There are more resource guides at the bottom of this page. 

• SEN Year 11 Exam Advice
• The Graduated Approach - Ousedale
• Useful SEND Information
• SEND Abbreviations Glossary

Policies

• E-ACT Ousedale SEND Policy 2026-27
• E-ACT Ousedale SEND Information Report 26-27
• Accessibility Plan

Autism Central:

Useful Information from MK Council

Milton Keynes Council's local offer of services outside of education available to students with SEND can be accessed via the links below. This also gives information about how students' needs are assessed on requesting an Education, Health and Care Plan.

• https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/schools-and-lifelong-learning/SEND
• https://www.mksendlocaloffer.co.uk/programmes-and-workshops

In Milton Keynes, as well as nationally, we are seeing an increase in children and young people experiencing difficulty in attending school due to emotional reasons like anxiety. Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) is a broad umbrella term used to describe this. EBSA can present differently across individuals, but can often involve fear and anxiety, misery, complaints of feeling ill without an obvious cause, and/or reluctance to leave home. For more information and practical support click the link below: 

https://www.mksendlocaloffer.co.uk/emotionally-based-school-avoidance-ebsa