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The SENCO as a strategic leader: guidance
How can a SENCO become a strategic leader? We relay advice from one of our education experts on how SENCOs can develop their role to become an effective leader of SEN provision. You will also find learning outcomes for the National Award for SEN Co-ordination that relate to leadership.
Contents
- Administrative staff structures: secondary schools
- Administrative support in primary schools
- Co-headship: how to make it work in your school
- Conducting a school staffing review
- Leadership structures in 'outstanding' schools
- Leadership structures in primary schools
- Leadership structures in small primary schools
- Organising a cost-effective staffing structure
- Organising a cost-effective support staff structure
- Primary school staffing structures: examples
- Staffing structures: small secondary schools
- Staffing structures: special schools
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