Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Coordinator

- To create an effective dialogue between parents and school and pupil and school, reporting to and informing parents of the stage of support appropriate to their child. To formulate and maintain close links with outside agencies.
- Ensuring relevant background information about individual children is collected, recorded and updated.
- To organize the initial assessment of pupils, and to assist subject teachers with the wiring of Individual Education Plans for each pupil and regularly review the interventions that are in place.
- To arrange regular meetings with support staff to keep them informed about policies/developments/procedures.
- To plan and organise timetables for each class so that an appropriate amount of support from the SENCO and Special Support Assistants is given, depending on the number of identified learners.
- To inform teaching staff of policies/developments/procedures, and the needs of individual pupils.
- Liaise with Heads of Section or those with delegated responsibilities on the progress of SEN pupils.
- Ensure that SEN pupils have full access to the curriculum. To advise and guide staff with the implementation of differentiated resources and schemes of work in accordance with school policy.