Special Educational Needs (SEN) team

To find out about Education Health and Care plans (EHC), Personal Budgets or for general SEN queries, contact:

SEND Local Offer website

We can give you details on local services and support. For more on what each provider has to offer, please contact them directly.

Have we missed a local service or do you want to give feedback on the information available? If so, please get in touch: Local Offer feedback form .

You can also contact:

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS)

To find out about Education Health and Care plans (EHC), Personal Budgets or for general SEN queries, contact:

Unique Ways

This is a parent carer led local charity for Calderdale. It directly supports parent carers of young people and children with disabilities or additional needs. Your child or young person does not need a diagnosis to access this service.

For more details, see: Support for Parents and Carers.

Our teams

They work together to give a joined-up service and can offer very specialist support when needed:

• Disabled Children’s Team, contact Multi-Agency Screening Team (MAST):
  • Phone: 01422 393336.
  • Email: mastadmin@calderdale.gov.uk.
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder (hearing or visual impairment), contact: Specialist Inclusion Team.
• Behavioural problems, contact: Early intervention support.
• Childcare and early years education, contact: Early Years and Childcare Sufficiency team.
• Home and setting based educational service, see: Portage.
• Looked after children’s education, contact: Virtual School (Children who are Looked After).
• Mental health, contact: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) .
• Occupational therapy, contact: Children’s Therapy Services (Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS).
• School attendance,& contact: Education Welfare.
• Speech and language therapy, contact: Children’s Therapy Services (Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS).

Neighbouring council local offers

• Bradford Metropolitan District Council .
• Kirklees Metropolitan Council.
• Rochdale Borough Council .
• Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council .
• Lancashire County Council .
• Leeds City Council.
• Wakefield Metropolitan District Council .