The Early Years SENDCo will:

• Support practitioners to assess their skills and competencies, identify any gaps and implement next steps in professional development &
• Ensure all practitioners in the setting understand:
  • Their responsibilities to children with SEND
  • How to work actively and effectively within the Assess Plan Do Review SEND support in Early Years cycle.
  • The setting’s approach to identifying and meeting SEND
  • How the setting: responds to any cause for concern and identifies and responds to special educational needs.
  • How the setting works in partnership with parents to identify a child as having a SEND.
  • How the practitioner and the SENDCo agree, in consultation with the parent and the child, the outcomes they are seeking for the child.
• Identify and use training and other sources of support available to help explain the duties to colleagues.
• Link with others who have a role in supporting the development and delivery of training both for individual settings and on a wider basis.

View and/or download the full Practice Guidance for Early Years SENDCos