Events/Training/Meeting Dates

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Any events listed on this page are subject to postponement or cancellation because of the coronavirus pandemic. We will continually update this page as we are notified of any cancellations. However, you are strongly advised to contact the organisers of any listed event before attending to find out the latest.

2019/20 assessments are not taking place and summer term assessment training is cancelled. Find out more

For further resources and information to support children and young people with SEND, visit the SEND Local Offer.

SENCo Cluster Groups

There are four SENCo cluster groups in the Authority. The contact name and location of these groups are as follows:

	Lead Contact	Location
North Cluster Group	Angelina Adrien	St. Cyprian's Primary Academy
South Cluster Group	Natalie Conway	Woodcote Primary School
West Cluster Group	Helen Walsh	Elmwood Infants and Nursery School
East Cluster Group	Caroline Hart Tracey Whiting	Forestdale Primary School Greenvale Primary School

The cluster groups will continue meeting half-termly or termly. The SENCo cluster leaders will promote good inclusive practice for colleagues in the Authority. Each meeting will provide opportunity for discussion and support. Sometimes there will be speakers to chare professional insights. In addition, the cluster leads will meet on a regular basis with the Inclusion Advisor to plan and share key information. By organising the groups in this way, it is intended that practitioners will rapidly value the opportunities to share good practice. The information and good practice shared in these meetings should then be disseminated to all staff.

There will always be a structured agenda for each meeting and this will be sent out prior to each meeting.

SENCo Briefings 2021

Description	Date	Time

Brief notes will be emailed to each school following each meeting to ensure that all colleagues are kept in the loop.

Primary Inclusion Forum Dates

Email all referrals forms to fairaccess@croydon.gov.uk by the end of the working day deadline for discussion at the next Primary Fair Access Panel.

Deadline for Submission of cases: 5pm	Meeting date - 9am to 12 noon
Next dates to be confirmed

Primary Fair Access Panel Dates

Deadline for Submission of Cases 5pm on:	Meeting Date	Bernard Weatherill House/Town Hall

NASENCO Award

Canterbury Christchurch University will be leading a locally based NASENCO training course planned to start in February 2021. Details can be found in the link below:

www.octavopartnership.org/courses/national-award-for-sen-coordination-nasenco-116471/

If you want any more information please contact Judith.lunnon@croydon.gov.uk

It is important that if you are interested you book a place as soon as possible to ensure that the course has the numbers to go ahead.

Statutory Assessment Group Panel (SAG) Dates

All meetings take place from 9:30am to 1pm. Locations or joining instructions to be confirmed.

Meeting date	Deadline for papers to be received


21 September 2021	14 September 2021
5 October 2021	28 September 2021
19 October 2021	12 October 2021
2 November 2021	26 October 2021
16 November 2021	9 November 2021
30 November 2021	23 November 2021
14 December 2021	7 December 2021

Special Educational Needs Inclusion Funding (SENIF) Panel Dates

Close of Applications 5:00pm		Panel Date Monday’s



29^th July 2021	Thursday	09^th August 2021

Primary Elklan Course (Speech and Language Support for 5-11s)

11 week Primary Elklan Course ( Speech and Language Support for 5-11s) in the Spring Term on Monday afternoons starting in January.

This is an accredited course and highly recommended for TA's who are providing targeted Speech and Language Support in schools. The course will be run by Sue Andrews (Specialist Teacher at Applegarth ELP) and Linda Hinton

The course will be run virtually and will only be for learners who wish to gain the accreditation ( at either Level 2 or Level 3) A flyer with more details of the course is attached or SENCo's can look at the website www.elklan.co.uk

The accredited course will cost £350.00 per learner (this covers all costs including access to the e-learning sessions, the Language Builders Book, the marking service and accreditation fees)

The course includes :-

access to 10 e-learning sessions completed during the learner's own time
11 live weekly webinars with the tutors- Sue Andrews and Linda Hinton (these are going to be on Monday afternoons in Jan, Feb and March probably starting at 3.30pm) It is essential that learners are available to attend these sessions
Completion of a learning log in order to gain accreditation (at level 2 or 3) through OCN
Access to the learning log marked by an external marker
E-book of the textbook ‘Language Builders’

Payment for the course must be made (in full) by 1st December