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1st Edition

SENCO Leadership Implementing Whole-School Practice

Edited By Gill Richards, Jane Starbuck Copyright 2025

148 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

148 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

148 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

Written by SENCOs for SENCOs and other school leaders, this book shares innovative, strategic and practical whole-school developments that have been trialed and reviewed through research with colleagues, students and families. Each chapter is written by an experienced SENCO school leader. Their accounts of the developments they carried out and the research evidence they collected to measure... Read more

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Author biographies

Introduction

Jane Starbuck, Sue Winton and Gill Richards

1. SENCOs first 100 days. From feeling lost and exhausted, to growing in confidence and thriving

Tom Voice

2. Preparing for Ofsted Inspection

Jane Starbuck

3. Capturing voices. Increasing all students’ experience of belonging in school

Emma Butler

4. The magic of Makaton interaction throughout the school

Emma Haywood

5. Developing classroom practice through evidence-based leadership to increase the achievement of pupils with SEND

Eleanor Dorrington

6. Making a difference with successful pre-teaching

Lauren Farrar

7. Exclusion: The impact of limited wider-life experiences

Jemma Cotton

8. STRIDE: A step in the right direction for inclusion

Vanessa Mehta

9. Whole-school referral for SEND Support

Katie Hawksley

10. SEN policy and whole-school practice: what are staff doing and what do they know?

Michaela Brown

Editor(s)

Biography

Gill Richards is Emeritus Professor of Special Education, Equity and Inclusion at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Jane Starbuck is the Strategic Lead for School Support and Growth for The Community Inclusive Trust (CIT).

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