the southover partnership
London
The Southover Partnership is one of the UKs leading independent and managed
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) organisations. We are renowned
experts in SEN and are passionate about children, learning and teaching. Our
dedication to helping children achieve is seen in everything we do. We are
committed to providing exceptional and tailored services for each child we
teach. What we do The Southover Partnership comprises two core services: The
Southover Partnership school – Based across three sites in London. Southover
Outreach services – Support in schools & Education Other Than At School (EOTAS)
The Southover Partnership history The Southover Partnership was born in the
summer of 1994 when Carol Frankl made the decision to start up her own company
focusing on special educational needs. She launched the company from her home
and named it The Southover Partnership: Southover being her place of residence;
Partnership because Carol was adamant that her company would be a collaboration
between all parties involved. Southover initially emerged from Carol’s
disillusionment with the mechanisms for funding special needs and her passion
that each child should have a positive educational experience. At the time there
were many grant maintained schools that didn’t have access to local authority
services due to the method of funding by central government. The Southover
Partnership aimed to ensure special educational needs provision could be met.
The service began by offering a select group of students support in school and
some at-home tuition. It swiftly extended to providing full-time education to
these students. Carol expanded Southover’s services and recruited the highest
calibre staff to assist in schools as well as at home. Carol’s outstanding
reputation in the education sector put her in demand to provide training and
consultancy for SENCOs and schools. So great were the requests for Southover’s
servicesprovisions that Carol formed her own school for children with
behavioural, emotional and social difficulties and autism. The Southover
Partnership school was officially recognised by the Department for Children,
Schools and Families in August 2007, with the first inspection taking place in
June 2008. This was a huge achievement for Carol, and a real adventure, as prior
to this point much of the education for children out of school was provided by
local authorities. The Southover Partnership was soon recognised as a leading
provider of alternative special needs education
