Do you want to maximise your impact and improve child outcomes with Smarter Assessments?
without feeling overwhelmed in your busy role or spending a fortune of assessment tools!
Programme Outcomes
- Aligned Interventions
- SENCos learn to choose assessment tools that directly link to actionable interventions, ensuring every step supports pupil progress.
- Measurable Progress
- Clear systems to track and demonstrate the success of interventions, building trust with stakeholders.
- Psychological Insight
- Deeper understanding of pupil needs through the integration of educational psychology principles into everyday practice.
- Sustainable Change
- Access to repeatable processes and resources that support ongoing improvements beyond the programme duration.
Are you a SENCo who understands the value of an Educational Psychologist’s (EP) assessment but wonders how they connect all the pieces to create a comprehensive understanding of a child’s needs? Join my exclusive SENCo programme and discover the problem-solving framework that Educational Psychologists use to create insightful and impactful assessments.
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Why this programme?
This programme isn’t just another training course—it’s an investment in your ability to make a real difference in your school. By building your internal capacity to perform thorough assessments, you’ll be able to:
- Reduce Referrals: Address more needs within your setting before having to seek external agency support.
- Save Budget: Avoid the costs associated with numerous referrals by developing the skills to handle complex cases in-house.
- Gain Confidence: Feel empowered in your role as you make informed decisions that benefit your students.
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Develop the skills to perform comprehensive assessments and design effective interventions - without relying so much on external agencies.
Are you struggling to choose the right assessment tools and create intervention plans that truly support your students? My programme is designed to help you build confidence and expertise.
With so many assessment tools available, it can be overwhelming to know which to use for each pupil. Time is precious, so make every assessment count. My programme helps you gain a deeper understanding of the children in your care while saving time.
This assessment framework not only identifies areas for improvement but also guides you in creating personalized intervention plans for each child. This process can be repeated for any child, ensuring ongoing support and progress.
Aligned with the graduated response framework, this approach also provides robust evidence to support any Education, Health, and Care (EHC) plan requests you may need to make.
Who it's for?
Maybe you are new to the role of SENCo and looking to feel more confident in how you are assessing the children in your setting?
Maybe your school has a small SEN budget but you really need advice about how to support some of the pupils?
Maybe you are looking for a professional development opportunity?
This programme is ideal for SENCos who are looking to upskill, manage tight budgets, and provide more in-depth support within their school setting.
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What you'll learn
Systematic Assessment Process
Understand how to create a holistic picture of a child’s strengths and needs using a structured framework.
Tool Selection
Discover how to choose the right assessment tools for each individual child, ensuring you gather the most relevant information.
Integrated Interventions
 Learn how to interpret assessment data to design personalized intervention plans tailored to the specific needs of each child.
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Practical Application
See how this process complements the graduated response framework and supports your school in creating evidence for EHC requests.
What You’ll Get with This Programme:
Training covering essential topics in assessment:
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Holistic assessment: Dive into the core of my programme with a detailed exploration of the problem-solving process. You'll learn how to conduct assessments that consider the whole child, integrating various factors to get a complete picture of their needs.
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Ecological approach: Discover what it means to assess a child through an ecological lens. I’ll guide you through Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecosystemic model, helping you understand the different layers of a child’s environment—from family and school to broader societal influences—that are crucial in a holistic assessment.
- Pupil voice: Pupil voice isn’t an optional extra — it’s a core part of how we build meaningful, personalised support. This section of the training helps SENCos develop the skills and confidence to gather authentic, age-appropriate feedback directly from the child. You’ll learn how to explore their lived experiences of school, relationships, learning, and emotional wellbeing — even when pupils struggle to express themselves easily. When we truly listen to pupils, we gain insight into the “why” behind behaviours and learning barriers — allowing us to tailor interventions that feel relevant and respectful. Ignoring this step can lead to plans that miss the mark, leaving pupils disengaged and unsupported.Â
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Cognition and learning: Gain insights into the cognitive aspects of a child’s learning journey. This section highlights key cognitive factors to consider and explains how to adopt a dynamic approach to assessing a child’s learning potential, ensuring that your assessments are as effective and insightful as possible.
But that’s not all. To help you put these skills into practice, we’ll apply the problem-solving process to real-world case studies from your own settings.
We will:
- Work through the problem-solving process together, identifying potential hypotheses to explore.
- Discuss relevant psychological theories that can guide your assessments.
- Explore various assessment tools, helping you choose the best options for your specific child.
- Consider how your assessment findings inform a tailored intervention plan for each child.
With the combination of training and practical application, you’ll be equipped to confidently apply these techniques in your school, making a real difference in the lives of the children you support.
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"The SENCo qualification tells you the law but that’s it really. A lot of the training you can get for SEN tends to be about understanding a specific diagnosis, rather than a framework that you can apply to all assessments like the one in this programme. It's quite rare to find that. There comes a point when you’ve done so much training, reading, assessments and you still don’t know what is going on. In terms of local authority provision there is no other support so sometimes you are at a dead end. This programme was even more helpful that I expected. I was able to apply the framework while speaking anonymously about children in my setting. I am more systematic in my assessments, plus the IFF is helpful when communicating with other people. I can sit down with a concerned teacher or parent and have a systematic, productive conversation. I can connect the different factors and the IFF also helps me think about what I might have been missing."
Emma
SENCo
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Smarter Assessments Training – Join the waitlist for Autumn 2025 (London)
Ready to feel more confident and effective in your assessments? Sign up now to be the first to hear when booking opens for this 2-day in-person training designed for SENCos and Assistant SENCos. đź“Ť London | ÂŁ300 24 Sept & 15 Oct 2025 | Optional supervision add-on available.
