Anna Vine is our Pastoral Manager in the school. Anna works Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and her office is next to the main school office.

Her role in school is to provide support, advice and information to the families within our school community.  She can help you with any worries that you may have in relation to your child’s education,  behaviour and wellbeing.  Anna can be contacted via the school office.

In her role she can support you and your child in some of the following ways:

• 1:1 and group work at school to support your child’s emotional and social wellbeing
• Meeting with parents and carers
• Signposting to other agencies/services
• Transitions and changes at school and at home
• Improving school attendance and behaviour
• Parenting support to promote positive behaviour and routines
• Being ‘a point of contact’ at school to discuss any concerns​

Mrs P Roberts

SENCo

Pam Roberts is our SENCo and works Mondays and Wednesdays.  Pam can be contacted via the school office.  The SENCo’s role in school is to:
• Support staff to identify children with special educational needs and support staff to meet their needs and monitor their progress and provision
• Liaise with parents/carers of children with special educational needs
• Be a point of contact with external agencies, especially the local authority and its support services
• Liaise with external agencies such early years providers, other schools, educational psychologists, health and social care professionals and independent or voluntary bodies for additional advice and support
• Support School leaders to development high quality SEND provision across the school
For further details please refer to the Ottery St Mary Primary School SEND Offer 2017-2018 found in the parent-and-carer-hub/SEND section of the website.

Mr J Hamblin

YEAR 2: Class 6 Teacher