SENCO Zone

Helpful information for Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCO).
Our aim is to support them in their pivotal role in ensuring the coordination of special education provision is delivered to those learners, within their education setting, who have SEN.

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Find Information Including:
  • - Key legislation and guidance
  • - Your Key SEN documents
  • - SEN Jargon buster

SENCO Essentials

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Find Information Including:
  • - New to SENCO/New to Barnet Induction Course
  • - SENCO mentoring
  • - Local support forums for SENCOs

New to SENCO/New to Barnet

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Find Information Including:
  • - Barnet SEND Early Years Team
  • - Early Years Identification Toolkit
  • - Early Years resources

Early Years

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Find Information Including:
  • - Primary SENCO Challenge Workshops
  • - Supporting at primary
  • - Helpful links and resources

Primary SENCOs

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Find Information Including:
  • - Secondary SENCO Challenge workshops
  • - Supporting at secondary
  • - Helpful links and resources

Secondary SENCOs

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Find Information Including:
  • - Post 16 person-centred planning tools
  • - Supporting at Post 16
  • - Local Post 16 services and pathways

Post 16

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Find Information Including:
  • - Barnet SENCO Toolkit for early identification & assessment of need
  • - Applying for an EHC Needs Assessment
  • - Annual review of an EHCP

SEN and Assessment

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Find Information Including:
  • - Our practical toolkits to support your practice
  • - Barnet Ordinarily Available document

Toolkits

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Find Information Including:
  • - Our local SEND Blog
  • - Sharing of practice across our settings

SEND Blogs

Helpful SENCO Resources

Our Resource Library contains useful documents, leaflets and information that you can view and download.

Upcoming Events in Barnet

Parent workshop: The importance of talk (adult child interaction and modelling language)

This year the IAT team are offering online training sessions for parents and carers. Schools who want to take part ca...

When? Monday 16 November 2026

What time? 18:00 to 19:30

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Scaffolding and Adaptations: Supporting pupils throughout lessons

Virtual session for Teaching Assistants / LSAs Sign-up via the traded services website

When? Wednesday 18 November 2026

What time? 13:30 to 15:00

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Therapeutic ways of speaking with children and young people

This short online training aims to build knowledge and confidence in holding therapeutic conversations with care expe...

When? Wednesday 18 November 2026

What time? 13:30 to 15:00

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International Disability Day Celebration: Free community event

Bring together young people, parents and carers for a welcoming day of community, connection and celebration. Disc...

When? Sunday 6 December 2026

What time? 10:00 to 15:00

Where? HA8 0DT

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Barnet and Southgate College Open Days: November

Upcoming College Open Days We would like to invite young people, pare...

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Ofsted Local Area SEND Inspection Surveys

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are visiting Barnet to insp...

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Help more children and young people with SEND access NHS eye care at school

This is a fully funded NHS service for eligible pupils in participating ...

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ADHD Conference for Parents, Carers and School Staff

Join us on Tuesday 8th December at 9.30am - 12.30pm for an online confer...

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