[senco-forum] Draft Regulations for SENCos

Dear Colleagues,

On March 25th, Christopher Robertson sent the message below about the
Government's proposals for regulations about SENCos.  I've been surprised
not to see any comments about these on the Forum.

Having just read the draft regulations on the website which Christopher
mentions, it seems to me certain that Forum members will have opinions on
the draft Regs and will wish to respond to  the Department for Children,
Schools and Families on the e-form provided.  For example, although the DCSF
say that originally they wanted to be explicit that SENCos should be on
their schools' SMT, further consultation made them modify this to ensuring
that there was at least an 'SEN  champion' on the SMT!   Furthermore, the
draft Regs assume that there is a governor who actually monitors that SENCos
are able to do their job.

Klaus Wedell, Chair, Forum Adv Grp.

Hi Everyone,

The following consultation has just been launched by the DCSF.

Consultation on Draft Education (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators)
(England) Regulations 2008
<http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/conDetails.cfm?consultationId=1542>

Consultation on draft regulations prescribing the qualifications and
experience required of the person responsible for co-ordinating SEN
provision for pupils - the SEN Co-ordinator or SENCO. The consultation also
sets out associated functions in relation to governing bodies, and outlines
work to develop national accredited training for all newly appointed SENCOs.

Launch Date: 25 Mar 2008
Closing Date: 17 Jun 2008

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/
<http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/>

Christopher Robertson

School of Education

University of Birmingham

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