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SENCO support

Support for current and aspiring SENCOs

Special Educational Needs Coordination

 

Southwark SEND Hub

The Alfred Salter Primary School Hub offers support to all schools in Southwark and focuses on the inclusion of children with SEND in the mainstream classroom. 

The Hub hosts half termly in person community events for SENCOs to discuss best practice, troubleshoot issues and host external speakers. To register for the next Hub event click here

SEND hub flyer

Hub Lead: Adam Bridle thehub@alfredsalter.com

Hub LA Adviser: Sarah Redman   Sarah.Redman@southwark.gov.uk

 

Southwark SENCo forum

Stay in touch with colleagues and developments in Southwark. Solve problems and share good practice

Contact Maria Blanchard-Rowe for details: maria.blanchard-rowe@southwark.gov.uk

 

NASENCO

It is law for every new SENCO in a mainstream school to gain the Master’s-level National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator within 3 years of taking up the post. For the learning outcomes for this award click here.

The current training is available via the NASENCo qualification. This is currently under review as part of the government’s green paper ‘SEND Review – Right Support, Right place, Right time’

The SEND Hub are now facilitating the National SENCO Award in partnership with London South Teaching Hub and University of Roehampton. To register your interest please follow the link. 

The Leading Learning for SEND Community Interest Company (LLSENCIC) have a register of quality providers of NASENCo courses, which have all successfully met the requirements of the Quality Standard. Click here to view the register.

Graduate Taught Programmes

The Institute of Education (IOE) is a world leading centre for research and teaching in education. In 2022 they were ranked first in the QS World University Rankings for the ninth year running. They offer a range of taught graduate programmes with a specific focus on SEND.

Institute of Education courses for SENCos

 

SEND identification, progress and outcomes in Southwark schools

The outcomes for young people with SEND in Southwark schools are good when compared with similar young people across the country.

DFE have recently produced a local area SEND Report presenting the statistics on SEND available compared to inner London averages.

The most recent SEND comparative data set is available upon request from Sarah Redman, Senior Adviser for SEND Sarah.Redman@southwark.gov.uk

 

Southwark schools vary widely in size and context. The proportion of pupils/students identified at SEN support varies from well above the inner London mean to well below.  Please click on the link for the latest DfE SEND identification data for Southwark Schools. The SEN support interactive dataset and the EHC interactive dataset give a national view of the identification, progress and achievement of pupils/students at SEN support and EHC. The datasets cover:

  • Outcomes at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage
  • Year 1 phonics test
  • Reading, Writing and Maths at the end of Key Stage 1
  • All headline measures at the end of Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4