Postgraduate Diploma (SEND Programme)

To achieve the 120 credits required for a PGDip, you will need to study a selection of modules which will provide you with those credits. Our modules are 30 or 60 credits each, so you can pick and choose those that are most suited to your school’s needs and your interests.

Some delegates will study three 30 credit Skills & Knowledge modules, and the Evidence and Pedagogy for Inclusion module, which is compulsory for you to be able to demonstrate your application and reflection skills.

However, if you have studied the National Award in SEN Coordination (NASENCO) or the International Award for SEN Coordination (iSENCO), you can choose the modules most of interest, as it is not compulsory for you to study the Evidence and Pedagogy for Inclusion module.

Our 30 credit Skills & Knowledge modules

• Autism Spectrum Conditions
• Cognition & Learning 
• Dyslexia – Leadership and Intervention
• Dyslexia – Professional Report Writing (please note – this is a specialist module and is part of a route to gaining an Assessment Practicing Certificate for Dyslexia. It therefore has additional entry requirements. Visit the course page for further information)
• Psychology for Education 
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs
• Speech, Language and Communication Needs

Other modules which provide credits:

• Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing (CCET) or Certificate in Psychometric Testing, Assessment and Access Arrangements (CPT3A) – If you have achieved CCET on its own or as part of CPT3A, you can take the 30 credits from CCET and put it towards a PGDip.
• Evidence and Pedagogy for Inclusion – The EPI module is worth 30 credits and is compulsory if you have not studied NASENCO or iSENCO.
• National Award for SEN Coordination or the International Award for SEN Coordination – These modules award you with 60 credits that can be put towards a Postgraduate Diploma.
• Senior Mental Health Leadership Advanced Award – If you have completed this course, you can apply for and join the SEND programme as if you have 30 credits. You will be asked to fill out an APL form.

It is possible to bring in credits from another institution, however please read our Accreditation for Prior Learning information to ensure that we can accept them.

Of course you can! Provided that they were achieved within the past 5 years, a PGDip will provide you with 120 credits. All that you would need to do is study the Enquiry-based SEND practice module, which will give you the final 60 credits required to gain the MEd SEND.

Please note that the Enquiry-based SEND practice module is compulsory if you wish to achieve the full MEd SEND.

It depends. You’ll have up to 12 months to complete each module. You can also take a break between modules, or study 2 30-credit modules in a year. If you choose to study 60 credits per year, you could complete the PGDip within 2 years.

The timeframe could be longer or shorter, depending on if you are bringing in existing credits and the number of modules you choose to study at one time.

Fill out our booking form. We don’t advise that delegates study more than 60 credits at a time, so please book all the module(s) that you would like to study, and then select the relevant start dates for each module, with ‘start tbc’ for any modules that would need to be completed at a later date.

If you have other credits that you would like to bring into the programme, please include them on the booking form for consideration. We also recommend you read the Accreditation for Prior Learning first.