SENCO Hub

Welcome to the SENCO Hub

On these pages you will find a range of information and resources to support you in your role as SENCO. These pages are updated regularly by the Area SENCO Team.

The Area SENCO Service is an advisory team offered by Wokingham’s Education and SEND team which provides advice and support to SENCOs and other school staff across Wokingham ensuring that children and young people with SEND have their needs met at the earliest opportunity, as close to home as possible.

The Area SENCO team consists of:

-          Helen Jackson-Brench (Area SENCO, full time)

-          Kathryn Dewey (Deputy Area SENCO, 1 day per week)

The team supports through:

-          Advice and support for SENCOs

-          SENCO Induction programme

-          Training for SENCOs

-          Half-termly network meetings

-          Monthly SENCO newsletters

-          SENCO surgeries

If you would like support from the area SENCO Team, you can contact the Area SENCO at helen.jackson-brench@wokingham.gov.uk

SENCO newsletters

From September 2024. the Area SENCO Team will send out a monthly newsletter to all SENCOs. You will be able to access all of the newsletters here. If you do not receive the emails and would like to, please email the Area SENCO.

SENCO network meetings

SENCO network meetings are held every half term. Some are online meetings and some are in person. The dates for the meetings for 2023-2024 will be added soon.

You can find out what was covered in previous meetings here:

July 2024 SENCO Network Meeting

SEND Local Offer

All schools must signpost parents and carers to the SEND Local Offer in their SEN Information Report.

The Local Offer is for children and young people aged up to 25 years with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families.

It helps parents, carers, and young people understand what they can expect from local services and how to access them.

Parents and carers can also browse the Local Offer Directory for local support groups, leisure activities and specialist support (add link).

SENCOs might find the following pages on the local offer particularly helpful:

What SEND means (wokingham.gov.uk)

What an EHCP is and who it is for (wokingham.gov.uk)

Support in school or college (wokingham.gov.uk)

SEND education options (wokingham.gov.uk)

Referrals for interventions and services

• EPS Surgery Form
• EP Surgery Consent Form
• RFS form - Request for EPS Involvement 
• LSS Request for SEND support form 2023 -2024
• LSS SEND support consent form 2023-2024
• Multi Agency Referral Forms
• CAMHS
• CYPIT
• Foundry College
• Addington Inclusion and Outreach Service
• The Grove Outreach

Useful information and links

• NASEN Teacher Guide
• SEND Code of Practice
• SEND and alternative provision improvement plan
• NASEN
• EEF SEND in Mainstream
• Equality Act 2010: Advice for schools 
• Behaviour in Schools: Advice for headteachers and school staff

Additional login only area

A 'login only' page has been set up to hold documents or information that is only aimed at school SENCOs.  It can be accessed by clicking on the link below.  However, note that currently there isn't any content in the login only area.

If you don't know the login details, please contact EdPartnershipTeam@wokingham.gov.uk

More information about accessing login only pages on the Hub can be found on the Help pages at the link below: