NPQSENCO

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UCL’s NPQ for Special Needs Co-Ordinators, is an 18 month programme that puts you and your school at its heart through a professional learning group approach that helps you to share your thinking and understanding within a well-planned framework.

You will experience a blended approach of face to face sessions with Thames South TSH local expert facilitators, self-directed study materials and in school support to enable you to progress professionally and develop networks to enhance your career.
 

What will you learn?

  • School Culture – You will develop and sustain an inclusive, strengths-based, school culture through contributing to its strategic direction, managing resources and fulfilling the statutory duties to enable all pupils and teachers to thrive and succeed.

  • Behaviour – You will be able to contribute and implement the development of good models of behaviour and learning across the whole school community including adapting behaviour approaches to meet the needs of individual pupils and liaising with and training key stakeholders to ensure a safe learning environment for all. 

  • Implementation – You will learn how to implement change successfully within your context by understanding the stages of implementation and applying them with the support of your facilitators and colleagues.

  • Statutory framework – You will strengthen your knowledge of the legal basis for the SEND Code of Practice and how to work with key stakeholders and leaders to assist your school in meeting its statutory duties and support effective provision to pupils with SEN.

  • Identification of need – You will learn how to work with teachers and leaders to identify the needs of pupils and develop policies and processes to address them including how to monitor and evaluate the impact of support and targeted intervention. 

  • Leading and managing provision – You will learn how to work with other leaders to implement, monitor and evaluate SEN provision effectively.


Cost

The NPQSENCO continues to be fully funded for teachers and leaders in publicly funded schools (including maintained nursery schools) and 16 to 19 educational settings in England for Autumn 2025.

The cost is £1,265 (+VAT) for participants who do not meet the above funding criteria, including independent schools. 

How to apply

Registration for Autumn 2025 NPQs is now open. To register click here. UCL's deadline to apply is Friday 14th November.