SENDcast Spotlight – Welcome Abigail Hawkins

Abigail Hawkins, SEN Consultant

SENDCO Solutions Limited & SENsible SENCO Community Interest Company

Abigail runs SENDCO Solutions, a SEN consultancy, and SENsible SENCO CIC, a not-for-profit networking support group.  She has been a SENCO for over 25 years and has taught a multitude of subjects across all phases from 2-year-olds to adults.  Abigail works with software companies developing supportive software for SEN and Safeguarding purposes and has developed and delivers on a teaching assistant apprenticeship programme. She authored several books on SEN and exclusions, and runs a support network for over 9000 SENCOs. 

Until recently, Abigail was the Chair of Governors for 3 schools in the East Midlands and she still works as a SENCO for part of her week.  Abigail has a no-nonsense, practical approach to SEN issues faced by schools.  She was one of the three lead voices on a series of SEN webinars delivered over the lockdowns amassing an audience of over 12000 viewers and she uses modern approaches to share SEN-related information including a successful YouTube channel. 

Contact Abigail:

Website – www.sendcosolutions.co.uk  www.sensiblesenco.org.uk

Email – enquiries@sendcosolutions.co.uk  

Twitter – @sendcosolutions 

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/abigail-hawkins-fcct-475a68159/  

Facebook – Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sensiblesenco 

Page: https://www.facebook.com/SENsibleSENCO 

Recent and upcoming:

Books: 

• Approach It, Map It, Manage It – https://amzn.to/3ab59Do 
• The SENDCO – https://amzn.to/3yFCYGt 
• School Exclusion – https://amzn.to/3by6ULj  

 Key note speaker:  

• Barnsley SEND Conference
• Oldham SEND Conference 

Webinar series:  

• Tes/Edukey
• Avanti Learning Trust 

Weekly SEN Network/CPD meetings for the SENsible SENCO community.  Details available on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sensible-senco-33587615959