Program Overview

The course is designed to critically engage with current thinking and ideas about inclusive and specialist education and is designed to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding required to be a Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo). The course fulfils all the requirements for achieving the National SENCo Award. The 2015 Special Educational Needs Code of Practice stipulates that for SENCos new to the role, it is mandatory to gain this award within three years of taking up the role.

The course covers inclusion and leadership within special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and it draws upon current legislation and national and international research.

The course will enable you to study and research current and relevant issues concerning a range of special educational needs and disabilities and to develop your knowledge of inclusive pedagogy and practice.

It will allow you to develop the skills to reflect critically on your own practice and current research. It will also enable you to contribute to school development and strategic vision concerning SEND and inclusion.

The NASENCo qualification is also offered as a distance learning (DL) option via UEL's virtual learning environment, Moodle (in addition to and separate from the on campus version of the course). Teaching on the course will be carried out exclusively by distance learning, supported by online group discussion and independent study.

Students will be able to access our state-of-the-art library and online resources to support their learning and professional development, just as if they were studying on campus.

Online interactivity and assessment tools

The lists below demonstrate key features of Moodle and how students would be engaging with their learning:

Self-directed activities include:

NASENCO PORTFOLIO