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Meet your trainer
Katherine Walsh
Katherine Walsh is the Regional SEND Leader for South Central England and Northwest London with Whole School SEND and Co-Project Director for the Educational Endowment Foundation’s SEND Review Trial.
She is an experienced teacher and school leader, bringing fifteen years teaching experience and nine years as a senior leader to the role. Katherine has experience teaching in both primary and secondary schools as a class teacher, Qualified Teacher of the Deaf and Autism Resource Base Teacher. Katherine is also an experienced SENCO; she has led SEND provision in primary and secondary schools in England and America. Over the past ten years, Katherine has developed particular expertise in working with leadership teams to develop school-wide systems, establishing shared and inclusive visions for the education of children and young people with SEND.