
Next SEND Surgery - Friday 26 June
From 9am to 11am at Cecil Jones Academy, Eastern Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 4BU. Further details.
Welcome to the Southend SEND Local Offer. These pages are dedicated to information about services and support for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) age 0 to 25 and their families in Southend-on-Sea.
Watch a video about the Southend Local Offer Team and how we support families
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Need help?
For general information and signposting contact the Local Offer Team on 01702 212328 or email localoffer@southend.gov.uk
If your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and your query is related to that, you can contact the SEND Team on 01702 215246 or email SENTeam@southend.gov.uk
You can also come to a friendly SEND Surgery. They run every month! Surgery dates and information.
The Lighthouse Child Development Centre have support lines for enquiries relating to Autism, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Therapy.

SEND Surgeries
Need support with SEND? Come to a SEND Surgery!

SEND Routemaps
Visual guides for SEND services and resources.

Southend SEND Information Days
Find out more

Get involved!
Have your say and help improve the Local Offer

Southend SEND Network
For organisations and groups. Join the network!

SEND law, strategy and policy
National and local policy and strategy
Read about our accessibility statement, site map, and acronyms.