SENCo Leadership Forums

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Termly SENCo Leadership Forums provide an opportunity to share good practice and strengthen your confidence in the leadership of SEND and inclusion in your school. SENCo Leadership Forums are led and facilitated by the SEND and Inclusion Advisers. They are free and open to all West Sussex SENCos, Inclusion Leaders, Teachers in Charge of Specialist Support Centres and Senior Leaders. There is now a secondary specific forum to complement the termly sessions.



The aims of the forums are to:

  • provide guidance linked to national and local updates
  • identify and share good practice linked to SEND and inclusion
  • develop systems for peer and school-to-school support
  • co-design materials and resources linked to SEND and inclusion
  • provide access to speakers, including a range of specialist professionals linked to SEND and inclusion (e.g. SENAT, EMTAS, SALT, EPS, Virtual School, HI/VI Specialist Team, Pan-Sussex colleagues, SENCos, Special School colleagues and many more!)
  • co-design the development and content of future forums
  • act as a sounding board between the local authority and school-based practitioners



See our dedicated SENCo Leadership Forums page to view upcoming dates and links for bookings



This is what professionals have fed back about previous sessions - they were asked to say what they enjoy most about the forum:Image illustrating feedback from professionals

Alternative Formats:

If you require any of the information for this project in an alternative format, please contact us on 03302 223368 or via email at sendinclusionsolutions@westsussex.gov.uk and we will do our best to assist you. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have an NGT texting app installed on your computer, laptop or smartphone, you can contact us on 18001 0330 222 3368 .

Accessibility statement:

We are committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Please view the West Sussex County Council Accessibility Statement for further details. Information about the accessibility of the Your Voice Engagement Hub can be found by clicking on the Accessibility tab at the bottom of the page.

Where it exists, we will provide details of any non-accessible project content which is not full accessible under a heading of non-accessible content below.

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website, If you find any problems not listed on this page or you think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, then please contact us on 0330 222 2146 or at haveyoursay@westussex.gov.uk

Survey web browser compatibility

Please use one of the browsers below when completing the survey to ensure it looks and works as it should. These are:

· Microsoft Edge version 86 and above

· Chrome version 86 and above

· Firefox version 78 and above

· Safari version 14 and above

Termly SENCo Leadership Forums provide an opportunity to share good practice and strengthen your confidence in the leadership of SEND and inclusion in your school. SENCo Leadership Forums are led and facilitated by the SEND and Inclusion Advisers. They are free and open to all West Sussex SENCos, Inclusion Leaders, Teachers in Charge of Specialist Support Centres and Senior Leaders. There is now a secondary specific forum to complement the termly sessions.



The aims of the forums are to:

  • provide guidance linked to national and local updates
  • identify and share good practice linked to SEND and inclusion
  • develop systems for peer and school-to-school support
  • co-design materials and resources linked to SEND and inclusion
  • provide access to speakers, including a range of specialist professionals linked to SEND and inclusion (e.g. SENAT, EMTAS, SALT, EPS, Virtual School, HI/VI Specialist Team, Pan-Sussex colleagues, SENCos, Special School colleagues and many more!)
  • co-design the development and content of future forums
  • act as a sounding board between the local authority and school-based practitioners



See our dedicated SENCo Leadership Forums page to view upcoming dates and links for bookings



This is what professionals have fed back about previous sessions - they were asked to say what they enjoy most about the forum:Image illustrating feedback from professionals

Alternative Formats:

If you require any of the information for this project in an alternative format, please contact us on 03302 223368 or via email at sendinclusionsolutions@westsussex.gov.uk and we will do our best to assist you. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have an NGT texting app installed on your computer, laptop or smartphone, you can contact us on 18001 0330 222 3368 .

Accessibility statement:

We are committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Please view the West Sussex County Council Accessibility Statement for further details. Information about the accessibility of the Your Voice Engagement Hub can be found by clicking on the Accessibility tab at the bottom of the page.

Where it exists, we will provide details of any non-accessible project content which is not full accessible under a heading of non-accessible content below.

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website, If you find any problems not listed on this page or you think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, then please contact us on 0330 222 2146 or at haveyoursay@westussex.gov.uk

Survey web browser compatibility

Please use one of the browsers below when completing the survey to ensure it looks and works as it should. These are:

· Microsoft Edge version 86 and above

· Chrome version 86 and above

· Firefox version 78 and above

· Safari version 14 and above

  • Inclusion Support Bases Information

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    As part of our work on the recently published paper outlining reforms to the schools and SEND systems, we are gathering information about the enhanced provision currently in place across schools. This includes any inclusion bases, internal alternative provision, nurture groups, or other small learning group provision you may already be offering, or planning to develop, for your children and young people. Your answers will help us understand what is already in place and what might be needed moving forward. 

    We will collect some personal data in fulfilment of the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. Data collected will be processed in accordance with the 2018 Data Protection Act, the General Data Protection Regulations, and any subsequent data protection legislation. 

    The data we collect will not be used for any purpose other than that stated above without your prior written consent. The data we collect will be securely stored by us for a period of up to two years before being appropriately destroyed. The lawful basis upon which WSCC process personal data is that it is necessary to comply with its legal obligations and to enable it to perform tasks carried out in the public interest. However, where personal data is solely processed based on consent, you will have the right to withdraw that consent.

    West Sussex County Council is registered as Data Controller (Reg. No. Z6413427). For further details and information about our Data Controller, please see the West Sussex County Council Privacy Policy

    Accessibility statement

    If you need this information in an alternative format, please call 03302 223368 or email Gemma.Humphrey@westsussex.gov.uk and we will do our best to assist you. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have a BT Relay UK app (previously called the NGT texting app) installed on your computer, laptop or smartphone, you an contact us on 18001 0330 222 2146.

    Please note, you can use the Google Translate function to access this project in a range of different languages. The Google Translate widget can be found at the top left-hand side of the project page, where it sits just above the black West Sussex County Council ribbon.

    For more information about the accessibility of this website, please see our Accessibility tab (opens in new window) at the foot of the page.

     


     


     

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  • Inclusion Framework Revision

    A survey to provide feedback about the Inclusion Framework (Autumn 2026).

    West Sussex County Council is reviewing the Inclusion Framework to understand how it is currently used, its perceived impact and how it might be developed in future. The survey should take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete.

    Please ONLY fill in this survey if you work in a West Sussex education setting. 


    The SEND and Inclusion Service will collect some personal data (e.g. name) in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. Data collected will be processed in accordance with the 2018 Data Protection Act, the General Data Protection Regulations, and any subsequent data protection legislation. 

    The data we collect will not be used for any purpose other than that stated above without your prior written consent. The data we collect will be securely stored by us for a period of up to two years before being appropriately destroyed. The lawful basis upon which WSCC process personal data is that it is necessary to comply with its legal obligations and to enable it to perform tasks carried out in the public interest. However, where personal data is solely processed based on consent, you will have the right to withdraw that consent.

    West Sussex County Council is registered as Data Controller (Reg. No. Z6413427). For further details and information about our Data Controller, please see the West Sussex County Council Privacy Policy

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