Senco Services

It’s been a really busy start to the school year for Senco Services, and as we close out the Autumn term (and welcome in the Christmas Holidays!) it’s time to start thinking about the Spring and all the things that this brings! For Exam Access Arrangements, that means deadlines. The Joint Council for Qualifications set […]

As a consultant SENDCo I’m often drafted in to fight fires, brought in support teams that are under resourced or that simply don’t grasp the importance and responsibility of their role. I never under estimate the challenges of the job as I know first hand that there’s far more to it that you can learn […]

Senco Services have been working with the Eastern Counties Educational Trust (ECET) for more than 5 years. Shortly after COVID-19, Senco Services approached the trust with the vision of developing a Mental Health programme to address the increased mental health challenges in primary education. The Eastern Counties Educational Trust (ECET) supports the education, training, care, […]

Senco Services have been working with Ambitious about Autism to design a programme called ‘Autistic and OK’. We’ve been working with their team and educating them on mainstream SEND school structure, helping the team understand how to pitch their offering and make it work within the secondary school environment, and how to approach, onboard and […]

This March Senco Services have some exciting news to share regarding a new partnership with CPotential. CPotential offer a range of holistic integrated therapies and support for children and young people with movement disorders, due to conditions such as cerebral palsy, global developmental delay or acquired brain injury. Senco Services are within alongside them to offer […]

As everybody knows, schools and educational settings are having to adapt and put in measures to reduce the transmission risks of the Covid-19 virus. This means that interaction within the classroom and with other support staff is having to change. At Senco Services we’ve studied the government and JCQ guidelines to ensure we can operate […]

As you are aware the current pandemic has significantly changed the way in which we all have to work and interact with our pupils. After reviewing the most recent guidelines we are able to offer two options for pupil assessment…

Happy new school year, I hope this blog post finds you well and you are settling back into the swing of things. Please excuse the length of this post, but it contains important information regarding your Exam Access Arrangement requirements. As you are likely aware, on the 31st August 2019 (nothing like getting lots of […]

We just wanted to let you know that…our website is live! Thanks for your support over the last few months as I launch myself as an independent Exam Access Assessor and SENCo Consultant. I know just how busy SEN departments are, so I’ve been working hard to make it as easy as possible to get […]

A big ‘hello’ and ‘welcome’ to Senco Services! This is just a quick post to introduce myself, May MacKay-Morris, as an Exam Access Arrangement Assessor and SEND Consultant. After 11 years as a Psychology teacher and SENCo within a busy high school, I decided to train to become a qualified Exam Access Assessor and BPS […]