“Why should I worry…the SENCO will do it all”: Recognising the importance of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)in our schools in readiness for a post-Covid-19 world.

Andrew Smith

“Why should I worry…the SENCO will do it all”: Recognising the importance of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)in our schools in readiness for a post-Covid-19 world.

Andrew Smith

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Abstract

This chapter presents a critical commentary on the role and status of Special Educational Needs Coordinators in English schools in the light of the current COVID-19 climate and uncertainty for the future of schools. The SENCO role is unpicked and interrogated using an attempt to create a generic (or composite) SENCO model which aims to capture the key characteristics of the role; this composite being based on data provided by forty primary and secondary school SENCOs from the East Midlands region. In order to provide a more detailed and unique personal account to complement this composite, one SENCO (Caz), presents her ‘Day-in-the-Life-Of’ diary which describes (‘warts and all’) the relentless experience of managing the day-to-day provision for special educational needs in her small primary school.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Challenges in Early Years and Primary Education: Employing critical thinking skills during turbulent times
Editors	Estelle Tarry
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	8
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9781032139852, 9781032139869
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2022

Keywords

SENCO, Covid-19, Leadership, Wellbeing, Diary

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Smith, A. (2022). “Why should I worry…the SENCO will do it all”: Recognising the importance of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)in our schools in readiness for a post-Covid-19 world. . In E. Tarry (Ed.), Challenges in Early Years and Primary Education: Employing critical thinking skills during turbulent times Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003231813-11/worry%E2%80%A6the-senco-andy-smith?context=ubx&refId=33d3e9a2-786b-4fe7-a135-45c28e991467

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“Why should I worry…the SENCO will do it all”: Recognising the importance of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)in our schools in readiness for a post-Covid-19 world. . / Smith, Andrew.
Challenges in Early Years and Primary Education: Employing critical thinking skills during turbulent times. ed. / Estelle Tarry. London: Routledge, 2022.

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“Why should I worry…the SENCO will do it all”: Recognising the importance of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)in our schools in readiness for a post-Covid-19 world.

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