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SEN Hub Webinar
Working with SLT on the new Code of Practice: 5 steps to successful
collaboration
Natalie Packer --------------------------------------------------
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Working with SLT on the new Working with SLT on the new SEND Code of Practice:SEND Code of Practice:
5 Steps to Successful 5 Steps to Successful CollaborationCollaboration
Natalie PackerNatalie Packer
May 2013May 2013
By the end of the session you By the end of the session you will be able to:will be able to:
• identify what success looks like
• understand what you should be aiming for
• use practical strategies to ensure effective collaboration.
The CoP: The CoP: Where are we now?Where are we now?
• A further draft CoP was available for consultation until 6 May
• Results will be published in the summer• Once the responses have been reviewed, the Secretary
of State will publish the Code and lay it before Parliament for approval.
1. The key changes1. The key changes
• Key themes (Children and Families Bill/Code of Practice)• Key messages• Challenges for your school/organisation• Potential opportunities for your school/organisation.
Are SLT up-to-date with the legislation
and guidance? Do SLT understand the CoP aims and key messages?
Do SLT recognise the potential
opportunities for re-thinking SEN?
Key ThemesKey Themes
Successful preparation for adulthood
High quality provision
Multi-agency collaboration
Greater choice and
control for parents
Early identification
Participation of parents and pupils
Outcomes focused
0-25
SEND Code of Practice
2. Statutory responsibilities2. Statutory responsibilities
• SEN Code of Practice – ‘must’ and ‘should’• New information reporting requirements• Schools ‘local offer’• SEN policy links• Don’t forget the Equality Act!
Are SLT aware of the statutory
duties? Is it clear who will take key
responsibility?
How are governors involved?
A key message for teachersA key message for teachers
‘Special educational provision is underpinned by high-quality teaching and is compromised by anything less.’
Draft Code of Practice, April 2014
3. Agree commitment to a3. Agree commitment to awhole-school approach whole-school approach
• Every teacher is responsible for every pupil
• Using ‘best endeavours’ to make necessary provision for pupils with SEN
• Focus on high-quality teaching
• Plans to address CPD needs of staff.
How can SLT support the ‘Every
Teacher’ message? How is QFT
prioritised in our school?
Are plans in place for effective staff
CPD?
• Nasen online SEND CPD: www.nasen.org.uk/onlinesendcpd
• Inclusion Development Programme (SLCN, dyslexia, behaviour, ASD): www.idponline.org.uk
• Advanced training materials for ASD, Dyslexia, SLCN, BESD, MLD www.advanced-training.org.uk
• Complex needs (SLD, PMLD, CLDD): www.complexneeds.org.uk
CPD MaterialsCPD Materials
4. Jointly secure resources4. Jointly secure resources
• Know your budget!
• Provision for the new graduated approach (SEN support)
• Provision management
• Demonstrate value for money.
Do you know what budget there
is for SEN? Are evidence-based interventions
being used?
How can governors show
evidence of value for money?
5. Develop a strategic plan together5. Develop a strategic plan together
• Integral to whole-school improvement planning
• Identify short-, medium- and long-term aims/actions
• Ensure time, capacity and resources to implement
• Consider transition period for change implementation.
Do plans reflect the school’s vision
for SEN?Do SLT know implications of
transition from old to new system?
Do priorities / aims align with Ofsted
framework?
What successful collaboration looks like: What successful collaboration looks like: 1. Processes1. Processes
There is a strategic plan in place reflecting the changes and linking to whole-school improvement planning (including QFT)
SLT agree new graduated approach
Time is allocated for planned SEN CPD for all staff
Processes are in place for effectively involving pupils and parents in making decisions
The SENCO meets regularly with SLT and the SEN governor to monitor and evaluate the new approach.
What successful collaboration looks like: What successful collaboration looks like: 2. Outcomes2. Outcomes
SLT demonstrate commitment to a whole-school approach to improving the provision for, and progress of, pupils with SEN
SLT/governors ensure the SENCO has time, capacity and status to influence decision-making at a strategic level
Effective CPD ensures the skills and capacity of the workforce to meet the needs of pupils with SEN are improving
SLT are committed to ensuring pupils and parents are at the heart of decision-making processes
SLT/governors use monitoring and evaluation effectively to evidence the impact of provision on the achievement of pupils with SEN.
Thank you!Thank you!
Please contact me for further Please contact me for further information:information:
www.nataliepacker.co.uk
@NataliePacker
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