Contact us: Education
Useful contact details for services within Ealing's education department and links to educational websites.
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General enquiries
For enquiries or complaints regarding all services
provided by Ealing's schools service either call the main Council
switchboard or email the Schools Service.
Tel: (020) 8825 5000
Email:
education@ealing.gov.uk
Behaviour and social inclusion
The service provides support and advice to schools on
managing children with emotional, social and behavioural issues,
advice to parents on exclusions and the local education authority's
provision for children educated outside mainstream school.
Tel: (020) 8825 5080
Child performance licences and chaperone licences
You can obtain these licences from the special educational
needs transport section.
Tel: (020) 8825 8791
Children educated at home
Advice for parents/carers who are considering educating their
children outside the school system.
Tel: (020) 8825 5070
Children's information service (CIS)/Early years
advice
Childcare advice for children from 0-14 years (and up to 16
for children with special needs). Contact for people interested in
registering as a childcare provider.
Office helpline: Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, closed from 1pm on
Wednesdays.
Tel: (020) 8825 5588
Email:
children@ealing.gov.uk
City Learning Centre (CLC)
A centre of IT excellence for all the borough
schools, the Centre offers a full range of IT infrastructure
including video conferencing and a radio station. Delivers
education programmes for the borough schools and provides
professional development training for education staff. The Centre
also has rooms for hire for training and conferences.
Location: The Greer Centre, Acton High School, Gunnersbury
Lane, Acton, London W3 8EY
Tel: (020) 8752 3240
Fax: (020) 8752 3249
Dominion Arts and Cultural Centre
The Centre works with community arts groups across the
borough, providing a centre-based and outreach programme in the
community and schools. Centre also available for hire for
conferences and meetings.
Location: 112 The Green, Southall, Middlesex UB2 4BQ
Tel: (020) 8843 1227
Ealing Education Business Partnership (EBP)
The EBP promotes, co-ordinates and delivers education and
business partnership ventures in Ealing.
Tel: 0870 005 6496
Ealing Education Centre (EEC)
The EEC hosts training and development activities
for schools and other education staff. Rooms can be hired for
training and conferences.
Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 8.30am-5pm. Friday, 8.30am-4pm
Address: Mansell Road, Greenford, Middlesex UB6 9EG
Tel: (020) 8578 6154, Fax: (020) 8578 6163
Email:
blong@ealing.gov.uk
Ealing music service
The service provides music opportunities for school children
and the community in all musical traditions and styles – including
South Asian and African – through specialist tuition.
Tel: (020) 8843 9121
Education social work service
The service responds to individual cases of
non-attendance at school and supports schools to ensure good
attendance by all pupils. Also supports pupils whose welfare is of
concern to the school.
Tel: (020) 8825 5040
Educational psychology service
The service provides consultations and advice to parents,
school staff and pupils. Involved in the assessment of pupils with
SEN via referrals often from health service professionals.
Tel: (020) 8825 5050
Exclusions service
Advice for parents, school staff and governors on
exclusion related issues.
Tel: (020) 8825 5070
Intuition PPIMS
Intuition PPIMS provides educational advice and support to
parents, pupils and schools on special educational needs, choosing
a school, and exclusions.
Tel: (020) 8840 9099
Email:
info@intuitionppims.co.uk
Website:
www.intuitionppims.co.uk
Looked after children (LAC)
The team develops policies and programmes to raise
achievement and ensures that LAC have access to appropriate
placement and support.
Tel: (020) 8825 7791
Play service
The service provides a wide range of activities for children
up to 12 years, and their families. These vary from drop-in play
centres, to childcare schemes such as after school clubs and
holiday projects.
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm
Tel: (020) 8825 5300
Primary behaviour team
The team works with primary schools to improve
pupil behaviour and ensure that exclusions are kept to a minimum.
The team also provides advice and strategies to teachers and
support to pupils who are being re-integrated into mainstream
school following periods of exclusion.
Tel: (020) 8825 5060
School governors
Information on recruitment for potential school
governors.
Tel: (020) 8825 5444
Secondary behaviour team
Works with secondary schools to improve pupil
behaviour and ensure that exclusions are kept to a minimum.
Provides advice and strategies to teachers and support to pupils
who are being re-integrated into mainstream school following
exclusion.
Tel: (020) 8825 5070
Special educational needs service (SENS)
The service provides specialist advice to schools for pupils
with specific learning difficulties (dyslexia), sensory and
language impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. It also has an
early years team, which consists of portage (a home visiting
service for children with developmental delay) and a service for
children with diagnosed sensory (vision and hearing) disabilities.
Tel: (020) 8825 5090
Portage email:
portage@ealing.gov.uk
Special educational needs transport
service
The service manages transport for special needs children.
Tel: (020) 8825 5544
Supply teachers
Information on how to apply for the Ealing primary
supply/relief teaching pool.
Tel: (020) 8825 5020
Teacher recruitment
Information on
how to become a teacher, and
teaching vacancies in Ealing.
Tel: (020) 7023 8001
Email:
info@remodelling.org
Traveller education service
The service assists the local education authority in its
statutory responsibilities to the children of the traveller
communities.
Address: Cornucopia, Spikes Bridge Road, Southall, Middlesex
UB1 2AS.
Tel: (020) 8813 9715
Youth and connexions service
Information regarding youth centres and projects in the
borough.
Tel: (020) 8825 5777