Inclusion Support Services

ISS operate in the context of the national drive to promote inclusion and raise standards, particularly through the implementation of the Education Act 1996, the SEN & Disability Act 2001 and the SEN Code of Practice, as well as supporting the Strategic Leader, Inclusion in the delivery of the RMBC agenda to open up learning opportunities for all and raising educational achievement and skill levels.

ISS is comprised of specialist teachers, principal officers and assistants, with administrative support, working within particular disciplines to address a range of special educational needs and other barriers to learning. Each component is led by a specialist in that particular field under the overall management of the Head of Inclusion Support Services.

The high quality of the Inclusion Support Services, then entitled Special Educational Needs Support Services, was highlighted in the LEA OFSTED inspection report of 1999 and 2001 and subsequently through Audit Commission Surveys. Council approved the change of name to Inclusion Support Services with effect from January 1 ^st 2003 in order to reflect both the key role of the Services in taking forward the Council's Inclusion agenda, and the expanded range of services now included within ISS.

contact
Service Leader - Inclusion Support Services
katy.foster@rotherham.gov.uk
telephone 01709 336611