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Getting to Grips with Great SEND Governance

  • Online
  • Lancashire and West Yorkshire
  • 25 Nov 2021 (16:00 - 17:30)
governance

This webinar series will be an accessible course for all those in leadership and governance to understand their roles and responsibilities, audit and evaluation mechanisms, and best practice examples in relation to SEND governance.

This course has been specifically designed to support all governance personnel in fulfilling their statutory duties and to prepare for external scrutiny. The series will support those responsible for governance in both maintained and academy sectors.

 

Part  1 - Thursday 14th Oct 2021, 16:00-17:30: Governance Structures and Legislative Frameworks

This session will provide clarification on the legal status of governance personnel in maintained and academy sectors, share common models of governance and the associated roles and responsibilities.

Part 2 - Thursday 4th Nov 2021, 16:00-17:30: Evaluating the effectiveness of SEND Governance

This session will give an introduction to models of evaluation, including self-evaluation/ peer to peer/ expert-led models. Presenters will also share the MAT and SEND Governance Review Frameworks and provide cross-sector examples of effective use of SEND Governance Review.

Part 3 – Thursday 25th Nov 2021, 16:00-17:30: Sharing best practice examples of SEND Governance

The session will conclude the series by sharing further examples of good practice and ensuring that personnel responsible for governance in all settings understand their roles and responsibilities and are enabled to support best practice in their settings.

You can find the recording and materials from Part 1 and 2 here.

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Suitable for: Assistant Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher, Governor, Head Teacher, Other, SENCO

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Meet your trainer

Angela Holdsworth MBE

Angela recently received an MBE for her services to children and young people with special educational needs (SEND). She is CEO of The Sea View Trust - an inclusive MAT, with schools in Haslingden and Blackpool. With 30 years of teaching and leadership experience in both primary and special schools, Angela also works with the Teaching School Council as the National Representative for SEND and as a Regional Representative for Lancashire and West Yorkshire nasen Whole School SEND. Angela is a driven and committed system leader, and in her role as a National Leader of Education, has supported schools, trusts, and Local Authorities in a range of educational improvement priorities.

Others who have been on this training said:

'Very informative. Being new to governance, it was a great introduction to frameworks I'm not familiar with and the basis for SEND practice in schools.'

'Fantastic and pitched perfectly.'

'Another excellent and thought provoking presentation.'

'Provided a great deal of food for thought, particularly around whether we might look at things differently with a view to change the impact/ outcomes of our provision.'

'Really well presented and clearly explained'