Danielle Ford
With 15 years of experience in education, Danielle is dedicated to fostering truly inclusive teaching and learning. She has led Special Educational Needs provision in both local authority maintained and independent early years and primary school settings. Her work has focused on enhancing whole-school inclusivity, developing personalised planning to meet EHCP outcomes, supporting staff professional development, and building strong partnerships between families, schools, and external agencies.
As an advocate for SEND provision and support both in and out of the school setting, Danielle has worked closely with families through every step of their SEN journey. This includes applying for and reviewing the EHCP, individual child needs review with home and school and leading whole staff training.
As a Designated Safeguarding Lead for 7 years, she has experience in working closely with both primary and secondary schools to complete safeguarding audits to ensure that they are OFSTED ready and ISS compliant. She has experience in working closely with new to role staff to ensure that they feel supported to complete the role and lead their team with confidence. This includes individual and whole team training, child and family reviews and support plans and compliance of record keeping.