Special Educational Needs (SEN)

All early years settings are required to appoint a SENCO (special educational needs co-ordinator).

Young Risers SENCo is Beckie Francis & Ria Street

The role of an Early Years SENCO

The SENCO’s fundamental role is to oversee the day to day running of the early years setting’s special educational needs/inclusion policy. More specifically, the early years setting SENCO has responsibility for:

• Supporting colleagues in identifying and meeting the special educational needs/disabilities of children within the setting. 
• Ensuring relevant background information about individual children with special educational needs/disabilities is collected, recorded and updated.
• Overseeing those records are kept and assess, plan do review process is carried out for children with special educational needs in the setting (ensuring support plans are in place.)
• Acting at the first point of contact for outside professionals regarding children with special educational needs/disabilities within the setting.
• Seeking outside advice and support when appropriate for individual children with special educational needs/disabilities.
• Ensuring that liaison and consultation with parents of children with special educational needs/disabilities takes place.

Useful Websites

We are Beams - support disabled children, young people and their families.

The POD Gravesend - Speech and Language Therapy and other children therapies

KCC SEN Information Hub - Special educational needs and disabilities hub giving information for all ages and support for parents.