Support and Outreach

Hull City Council commissions 3 Outreach Services, to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to access education in a mainstream setting with SEN Support or for those with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP). The three outreach services, that form the Outreach Partnership, include -

  • Northcott Outreach Services – for children and young people aged 3 to 18 years, with communication and interaction difficulties, including those with Autism. Northcott is currently a maintained school, although has applied for academy status
  • Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD) Outreach Services – for children aged 3 to 7 years, with severe communication and interaction difficulties. The SLD Outreach Service is currently provided by the Humber Education Trust (HET) Academy
  • Steps to Success Outreach – for children in primary school with social, emotional and mental health difficulties. The Steps to Success Outreach Service is currently provided by Venn Academy Trust

The Outreach services have been commissioned to the providers for a number of years. These services provide a range of support to mainstream education settings -

  1. Universal training around whole school needs
  2. Targeted training towards individual pupil’s needs
  3. Group support for children and young people
  4. Individual support for teaching staff meeting individual needs, including coaching and mentoring
  5. Whole school approach to policy change and practice

We are pleased to confirm that Hull City Council will be expanding the offer of the Outreach Services from 01 September 2025. 

The new service offer will include -

  • Intensive Communication and Interaction Outreach Service (mirrors SLD Outreach Service)
  • Communication and Interaction Outreach Service (mirrors Northcott Outreach Service)
  • Primary Social, Emotional and Mental Health Outreach Service (mirrors Steps to Success)
  • Secondary Social, Emotional and Mental Health Outreach Service (new service)
  • Cognition and Learning Outreach Service (new service)
  • Sensory Processing Hub Support for Education (existing service – additional capacity to support children in education)

The existing internal Integrated Physical and Sensory Service (IPASS) will remain in place, more information is available on their website