National Award for SEN Coordination

The Department for Education (DfE) regulations require school governing bodies to ensure that SENCOs who are new to the role undertake the National Award for SEN Coordination.

Our programme:

• is work-based and practical
• is flexible and personalised
• starts in both the autumn and spring terms
• will take around one year
• is accredited at 60 Master's level credits

Who is eligible?

All SENCOs in Primary and Secondary schools new to the role from September 2008 are fully funded through a TDA grant. The programme is also available on a school/self funded basis to:

• SENCOs working in maintained special schools, PRUs and independent schools
• Experienced SENCOs who want to gain the National Award for SEN Coordination

Registration form and further information

To find out more about the location of our NASENCO training, please email senco@bestpracticenet.co.uk. You may also find the following useful:

• NASENCO Registration form (MS Word download)
• How the BPN NASENCO programme is delivered
• How the award is assessed
• Assessment only route for experienced SENCOs
• NASENCO funding and costs
• NASENCO learning outcomes
• SENCO-related news and updates

Nasen have published a free virtual edition of a collection of SEN related journal articles that can be found and downloaded by clicking on the following link: http://www.wiley.com/bw/vi.asp?ref=0952-3383&site=1