Useful Websites

• Southend Borough Council
• Essex County Council
• Rochford Council
• Rayleigh Council
• Ofsted
• HMRC
  (help with costs for childcare)
• Dept for Work & Pensions
  (Disability and Carers Service)
• The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy
• ADHD
  (information and support)
• SNAP
  Special Needs and Parents
  (a support group for parents and carers of children with any special need or disability)
• Southend Carers Forum
• Royal National Institute for the Blind
• Royal National Institute for the Deaf
• SAVS
• DIAL UK
• Disability Equipment Register
  (source of equipment for disabled people at better prices)

Resources

These are some of the websites (left column) and telephone numbers (main column) where Kingsdown School parents can find helpful information.

If you would like to print the list of 'useful telephone numbers', you can download and print the PDF version.

Useful Telephone Numbers:

• Kingsdown School - Main Office: 01702 527486
• Kingsdown School - Nurse: 01702 507609
• Kingsdown School - Therapy Dept: 01702 507610

• Southend Borough Council - Children Disabilities Team(Southend & Shoeburyness): 01702 215963
• Southend Borough Council - Family Information Service: 01702 392468
• Southend Borough Council - Main Switchboard: 01702 215000
• Southend Borough Council - Parentship Service: 01702 215658
• Southend Borough Council - SEN Assessment & Placement Team: 01702 215910

• Essex County Council - Family Information Service: 0800 055 6874
• Essex County Council - Main Switchboard: 0845 743 0430
• Essex County Council - Parent Partnership Service: 01245 436036
• Essex County Council - Special Educational Needs Helpline: 01245 436263

• Basildon District Council - Children with Disabilities Team: 01268 632384
• Basildon District Council - Main Switchboard: 0268 533333

• Castle Point Children with Disabilities Team (Castle Point, Rochford & Canvey Island): 01268 361306
• Castle Point Borough Council - Main Switchboard: 0268 882200

• CAMHS Team: 01268 247123 / 01268 247124
• Connexions: 01702 478426
• DGT Wheelchair Services: 01245 468834
• Hamelin House: 01277 651266
• St Christopher's Cottage: 01702 524193
• Lancaster School: 01702 342543
• Lighthouse Centre: 01702 508180
• South East Essex Primary Care Trust: 01702 224600
• South East Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: 01702 440400
• Southend University Hospital NHS Foundaiton Trust: 01702 435555
• Speech & Language Therapy (Southend Borough Council): 01702 507165
• Transport - Essex County Council: 01245 437740
• Transport - Southend SBC: 01702 215768
• Wheelchair Service: 01702 442145