This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Make compulsory that Special Educational Needs Coordinators are Senior Leaders
This has to be a law that SENCOs are Senior Leaders for the benefit of SEND students especially in mainstream schools. If Designated Safeguarding Leads must be Senior Leaders, why the SEND Code of Practice says should be senior leaders not MUST for such an important role.
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Every year more and more SEND pupils with complex needs join mainstream schools. It feels that SENCO's job is important but not important enough to be Senior Leaders to be a greater voice for SEND students. Safeguarding is at the heart of every school just because it is the law and DSLs are Senior Leaders. As a middle leader SENCO, I am exhausted by fighting for these students's rights- why should not the SENCO be at SLT meetings? Yes, I could find an SLT SENCO job but it doesn't solve problem
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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Decisions about who is on a school's senior leadership team are a matter for individual schools, not the UK Government or Parliament.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Make SEND training mandatory for all teaching staff: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/607849
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