Course summary
The PGCert Education: National Award for Special Educational Needs (SEN) Co-ordination is a mandatory qualification for all newly appointed SENCos. It must be completed within three years of your SENCo appointment. The government is committed to improving outcomes for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEN/D). SENCos play a central role in schools to ensure that:
- effective provision is made for children with special educational needs and disability (SEN/D)
- and that the needs of individual learners are met.
- leading Pupil Referral Units
- managing specialist SEN/D facilities
- working as school based SENCOs.
Assessment method
This is a three module course (60 credits) leading to the award of Postgraduate Certificate in Special Educational Needs.
Entry requirements
All applicants must have one of the following: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) Qualified Teacher Learning Status (QTLS) Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS). Please note that Students with (EYTS) will gain NASENCO applicable only to Early Years settings. The National Award for Special Educational Needs (SEN) Coordination is a mandatory course for new SENCOs and the award must be achieved within 3 years of being appointed. All school staff in the role of SENCo will have completed the NQT induction period in full before applying (SEND Regs 2014). An additional entry requirement is that the support of the Head Teacher (or equivalent) is required in order to support the school-based studies associated with this qualification Please contact the Programme Administrator at [email protected] to make an enquiry about the course.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £2770 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £2770 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £2770 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £2770 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0BP