Starting Out as a Primary SENCo: Finding your first post, the first year and beyond

Everything you need to succeed as a SENCo in one handy guide.

Starting Out as a Primary SENCo is a completely introductory and accessible guide to your first SENCo role. With detailed step-by-step guides for finding your first post through to your first day and year in the role, this handbook is the perfect antidote to what can be an overwhelming new responsibility.

This book contains information about everything from release time to pay, wellbeing to progression, and from assessment to implementing whole school approaches. Templates of all key paperwork, including one-page student profiles, workload overviews and child annual review documents, are explained and included as downloadable online resources.

Author Lynn How is a SENCo expert with over 20 years of experience and runs award-winning blog positiveyoungmind.com.