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Are you stepping into the role of SENDCo but wondering where to start or which tasks to prioritise? Firstly, congratulations! And secondly, don't worry – this free Honeyguide checklist will support your thinking right from the start.
As a SENDCo, you have the important task of supporting students with special educational needs and disabilities, something which can feel challenging as you get used to the role. But don't worry, we're here to support you every step of the way with our comprehensive list designed specifically for new SENDCos. Whether you're a newly appointed SENDCo, taking over from a previous SENDCo, or moving from assistant SENDCo to lead SENDCo, we've outlined key tasks for your first few weeks, half-term and full term to help you feel organised and confident.
🔒 Fully aligned to the Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit 2025
This Inclusion Audit Pack helps SENDCos, DSLs, inclusion leads, designated teachers and SLT review inclusion, SEND and disadvantaged pupil provision across eight comprehensive areas. Aligned with Ofsted's 2025 School Inspection Toolkit, it supports self-evaluation, continuous improvement and strategic leadership for inclusive education.
☑️ Comprehensive 39-page inclusion audit document with structured prompts across eight key themes: inclusive vision and culture, identifying and meeting needs, supporting disadvantaged pupils, supporting pupils with SEND, supporting pupils known (or previously known) to children's social care, inclusive practice across curriculum and wider school life, partnerships with families and services, and evaluating impact
☑️ Complete audit toolkit includes action plan template, inclusion evidence checklist, staff, pupil, parent/carer and governor question bank, a one-page SLT/governor summary, Ofsted inclusion grade descriptor grids and guidance on conducting an effective audit
☑️ Supports comprehensive review of SEND provision, pupil premium strategies, looked-after and previously looked-after pupil provision, and wider inclusive practice with confidence and clarity
☑️ Fully editable templates allow you to adapt all materials for your school's specific context and priorities
Ideal for SENCOs, inclusion leaders, pupil premium champions, designated teachers for looked-after children, and deputy or assistant heads with responsibility for inclusion, whether preparing for inspection, reviewing provision or planning next steps for school improvement.
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👉 This audit pack is part of our Complete School Leadership Audit Set, which includes eleven audits in one purchase, saving you money whilst ensuring you can evaluate your entire school provision across all Ofsted evaluation areas plus three essential good practice audits.
🔒 Fully aligned to the 2025 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit
Understand Ofsted's case sampling approach and prepare your school with confidence using this comprehensive support pack.
Case sampling is central to how Ofsted evaluates inclusion during inspections, with inspectors closely following approximately six pupils throughout the inspection to understand their experiences, the support they receive and the progress they're making. This pack gives you the practical tools and guidance you need to understand this process, identify eligible pupils in your school and conduct your own case sampling as part of your monitoring cycle.
You'll get:
☑️ Complete guidance on Ofsted's case sampling process – Understand which pupils are eligible, how inspectors gather evidence and what happens during the planning call and inspection activities
☑️ Templates to identify and track vulnerable pupils – Move beyond obvious SEND and disadvantaged groups to identify context-specific vulnerable pupils, with structured prompts and tracking tools to prepare for confident discussions with inspectors
☑️ Practical frameworks for conducting your own case sampling – Step-by-step templates for gathering evidence, analysing findings and taking action, helping you see what inspectors would see and strengthen your provision before inspection
☑️ Ready-to-use preparation and communication resources – Comprehensive checklist covering all aspects of preparation, plus example letters and messages for parents and carers if their child is selected for case sampling
All templates are fully editable so you can adapt them for your school's specific context. Perfect for headteachers, SLT and school leaders wanting to prepare their team and build confidence and understanding of the Ofsted inspection process.
👉 Looking for further support on preparing for inspection? These resources are also available as part of the full Ofsted Inspection Preparation Pack too.
🔒 Fully aligned to the Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit 2025
This SEND Self-Evaluation Form (SEF) template helps SENDCos and inclusion leaders evaluate their setting's SEND provision, strengths and development areas and is aligned with all areas of the Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit.
You'll get:
☑️ SEND SEF template with structured criteria across all key areas of SEND leadership: leadership and governance, safeguarding, curriculum and teaching, attendance and behaviour, personal development and well-being, working with parents, assessment and identification, achievement, monitoring and evaluation, efficient use of resources, quality of SEND provision, and pupil perspectives
☑️ Reflective questions in each section to support critical, evidence-based evaluation of your SEND provision, plus guidance on where to find multiple sources of evidence to support your judgements
☑️ Ofsted Grade Descriptor Grids fully aligned to the 2025 toolkit, with particular focus on the Inclusion strand to inform your self-evaluation decisions
The template is fully editable so you can adapt it for your school's specific context and SEND cohort.
Who should use this template?
This is essential for SENCos, inclusion leaders and SEND coordinators responsible for evaluating provision for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. It's particularly valuable for new SENDCos building their self-evaluation practice, or experienced leaders who need structured headspace to evaluate SEND strategically rather than getting lost in day-to-day operational demands. Headteachers and SLT with SEND oversight will also find it useful for monitoring inclusion provision.
🔒 Fully aligned to the final Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit 2025
Support your school prepare for Ofsted's new School Inspection Toolkit 2025 with this comprehensive Inclusion update pack - everything you need to understand the changes, brief your team, and ensure your school is inspection-ready.
☑️ Staff & Governor Briefing PowerPoint (23 slides) – Ready-to-use presentation covering all new inclusion requirements, from identifying, assessing and meeting needs to support for pupils who face barriers to learning
☑️ Toolkit vs. Handbook Comparison Document – Clear side-by-side analysis of what's changed from the scattered requirements about disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND in the old Ofsted framework to the new strengthened requirements in the standalone Inclusion evaluation area, plus the inclusion threads that run across the entire toolkit
☑️ Understanding Ofsted's Toolkit Guide – Easy-to-digest breakdown of the new evaluation criteria, with practical considerations for school leaders who hold responsibility for inclusion
☑️ Leader Action Checklist – Strategic planning tool to help you implement the changes across your school community
☑️ Editable Grade Descriptor Grid – Customisable toolkit reference for your leadership team
Perfect for: Headteachers, SLT members, and anyone responsible for inclusion (such as SENCos, DSLs, designated teachers and pupil premium champions) preparing for Ofsted inspection under the new 2025 School Inspection Toolkit, or wanting to ensure their provision in inclusion meets the latest requirements.
Save hours of research time – we've analysed the new toolkit so you can focus on implementing the changes that matter most for your pupils' outcomes.
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🔒 Fully aligned to the 2025 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit
Ofsted inspection can feel overwhelming when you're a SEND coordinator, especially if you're new to the role or haven't experienced an inspection under the current framework.
Designed specifically for SENDCos, this focused preparation pack translates the 2025 School Inspection Toolkit into practical guidance about your role during inspection. You'll understand when and how you'll engage with inspectors, what questions they're likely to explore and how to demonstrate the excellent inclusion work you're already doing day-to-day.
You'll get:
☑️ SENDCo Inspection Role Guidance – clear explanation of when you'll be involved during inspection, what happens during the inclusion meeting and case sampling, and what inspectors want to understand from you
☑️ Example Ofsted SENDCo Questions – realistic questions you might be asked during your inclusion meeting with inspectors and inclusion learning walks, helping you practise articulating your approach and identify any areas to strengthen
☑️ Further supporting documents – including a leader action checklist to build your inspection knowledge, an inclusion inspection readiness tool to evaluate your current practice against toolkit statements, and editable grade descriptor grids highlighting inclusion across the framework
This Ofsted SENDCo resources pack helps to build your confidence to articulate your work clearly and supports you to prepare effectively without creating unnecessary workload. All templates are fully editable so you can adapt them for your school's specific context and use them as part of your ongoing SEND leadership, not just for inspection preparation.
👉 Looking for further support on preparing for inspection? These resources are also available as part of the full Ofsted Inspection Preparation Pack too.
🔒 Fully aligned to the April 2026 DfE guidance on restrictive interventions
Get your school compliant with the April 2026 DfE guidance on restrictive interventions with this practical seven-resource pack for headteachers, SENDCos, behaviour leads and pastoral teams. The guidance replaces the 2013 Use of Reasonable Force advice and introduces new statutory recording and reporting duties – this pack helps you understand what has changed, audit your current practice and policy, and get the right systems in place.
You'll get a:
☑️ Leader Action Checklist that works through every area of the guidance – from statutory recording and reporting duties to policy, SEND support, staff training and governing body oversight – so you can identify your most urgent actions and plan your response
☑️ Policy Checklist to audit your existing policy against the new statutory requirements and identify any gaps before governors are asked to ratify it
☑️ Behaviour Risk Assessment Form and Pupil Behaviour Support Plan Template to support individual pupils where there is an identified risk of needing to use reasonable force, with a focus on de-escalation and preventative strategies
☑️ Use of Restrictive Intervention and Reasonable Force Log with every statutory recording field built in, so leaders can record incidents compliantly and meet the same-day notification duty with confidence
☑️ Staff Training Presentation – a ready-made PowerPoint covering the guidance changes, staff legal powers, the three-part assessment and recording responsibilities – all ready to use in a staff meeting with no preparation needed. Please note: this is not safe handling or physical restraint training that instructs staff how to safely restrain a pupil.
☑️ 12 Restrictive Intervention Scenarios to build staff confidence in applying the guidance – ideal for drip-feeding into briefings and staff meetings across the year
Thinking about doing a spot check on your special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision or wondering what Ofsted will ask about SEND when they visit in 2025? This pack, perfect for school leaders and SENDCos, has been designed to give you the tools to gather snapshot viewpoints of SEND and inclusion practices in your setting. In turn, this allows you to gain insight into how others could view your SEND provision and the steps you may need to take to keep improving it.
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