[senco-forum] Select Committee Report

The report based on the Inquiry into SEN includes two very clear and
unequivocal recommendations about the role of the SENCO. The relevant
recommendations are numbered 84 (322 (paragraph 322) and 85 (323).

Recommendation 84 states that SENCOs should in all cases be teachers and
members of SMTs.

Recommendation 85 states that SENCOs should be trained, and that their
training should be related to baseline standards.

Given that the Minister responsible does not have to accept the report's
recommendations it may well be worth lobbying to ensure that SENCO
issues are not swept under a departmental carpet.

Christopher Robertson
School of Education
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT
UK

Tel:  0121 414 4832
Fax: 0121 414 4865
Email: c.m.robertson at bham.ac.uk