The Additional Learning Needs Co-ordinator (ALNCo)
The school’s designated Additional Learning Needs Co-ordinator, working closely with fellow schoolstaff, has an important role in the day-to-day operation of the school’s policy on meeting additional learning needs and in overseeing the provision to meet additional learning needs.
A school’s ‘Additional Learning Needs Co-ordinator’ should be responsible for:
- The day-to-day oversight of the school’s Additional Learning Needs policy and liaising with and advising fellow school staff.
- Co-ordinating the Additional Learning Needs provision.
- Maintaining the school’s Additional Learning Needs register and overseeing the records of pupils receiving Additional Learning Needs provision.
- Overseeing the liaison with parents of pupils with Additional Learning Needs.
- Contributing to the professional development of fellow school staff on appropriate areas of Additional Learning Needs provision.
- Liaising with appropriate external support services.
