Headteacher Update Podcast: SEND staffing in primary schools

In this episode, we discuss how primary schools can maximise the impact of our staff team to deliver excellent SEND provision, with our panel offering a range of innovative ideas and approaches. Our three experienced guests begin their discussion with nine quick ideas and go on to develop these during the podcast, considering how the impact of our SEND staffing can be optimised to ensure we support our most vulnerable pupils. We ask how we can work within incredibly tight budgets to maximise the staffing of SEND – what approaches have been shown to be effective. We talk about ideas for the effective and efficient deployment of staff and we consider how we can get CPD right for all our colleagues who work to support SEND children, especially our teachers and teaching staff. We discuss the challenging role of the SENCO and how they can be supported by school leadership to oversee and lead SEND staffing and provision in the school. We talk about provision mapping and discuss how we can keep our practice and our SEND pupils central to our planning and at the heart of our inclusive school culture.