The SENCO Bottleneck: Why the Role Is Becoming Impossible in Caring Schools

School Behaviour Secrets with Simon Currigan and Emma Shackleton by Beacon School Support

Feb 2, 202626:38Education

In many schools, the SENCO role has become the pressure point where everything ends up - SEND, SEMH, behaviour, parent concerns, paperwork and managing crises and pupil outbursts. And when that happens, how SEND and SEMH...

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