If your child has an additional need or disability, or you think they might have, there’s a designated person in school who can help, called the SENDCO. This stands for Special Educational Needs and Disability Co-ordinator — a bit of a mouthful, to say the least!
A SENDCO is a qualified teacher who has overall responsibility for supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities. This includes, but is not limited to, children with:
Every school is legally obliged to have a SENDCO. Some SENDCOs are permanently ‘out of class’ and are able to dedicate 100% of their time to leading special needs provision, while others may have teaching responsibilities running alongside; every school is different and how the role looks often depends on capacity and workload.
They are often, but not always, one of the school’s Designated Safeguarding Leads, or DSLs, and will have their finger on the pulse of child safeguarding and welfare across the school community.
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