SENCO Termly Checklist Toolkit

Take control of the SENCO workload with this practical, professionally designed SENCO Termly Checklist and Annual SEND Planner.

Created to support SENCOs, SENDCos, Inclusion Leads and school leaders throughout the academic year, this resource breaks key SEND responsibilities into manageable Autumn, Spring and Summer term priorities.

Rather than being a simple to-do list, the pack supports SENCOs to plan, monitor, review and evidence SEND provision across the whole school year.

This 30-page resource includes a SENCO annual overview, whole-year responsibilities tracker and an important dates and statutory deadlines planner.

The Autumn Term section includes a priority planner, SEND register and identification checklist, provision and support checklist, teacher and teaching assistant support checklist, parent partnership and pupil voice checklist, EHCP and statutory responsibilities checklist, and an Autumn Term SEND review.

The Spring Term section includes a priority planner, SEND pupil progress review checklist, intervention effectiveness review, SEND quality assurance checklist, strategic SEND leadership checklist, transition preparation checklist and Spring Term SEND review.

The Summer Term section includes a priority planner, SEN Support and annual review checklist, transition and handover checklist, end-of-year SEND audit and a Keep, Stop, Start reflection page.

Additional reusable organisation pages include a monthly SENCO checklist, SENCO actions tracker, waiting-for tracker, meetings and conversations planner, Things I Need to Chase tracker, and professional notes and actions page.

The Autumn section focuses on establishing effective SEND systems at the beginning of the academic year, including reviewing the SEND register, checking pupil information, identifying emerging needs, reviewing provision maps, checking EHCP provision and organising annual review dates.

The Spring section focuses on monitoring impact and evaluating provision.

It supports SENCOs with reviewing SEND pupil progress, evaluating intervention effectiveness, monitoring adaptive teaching, completing SEND quality assurance, reviewing staff knowledge, gathering parent and pupil voice, monitoring strategic SEND priorities and preparing for transition.

The Summer section supports SENCOs with review, transition and preparation for the following academic year.

It includes prompts for reviewing SEN Support, completing annual reviews, evaluating provision, planning enhanced transitions, sharing SEND information, completing an end-of-year SEND audit and identifying priorities for the following year.

The resource is ideal for SENCOs, SENDCos, Inclusion Leads, SEND leaders, Assistant and Deputy Headteachers responsible for SEND, small-school SENCOs and teachers moving into SEND leadership.

It may also be useful for new SENCOs, SENCO induction and mentoring, and those completing the NPQ for SENCOs.