Meet your trainer

Cheryl Gaughan

I have been the strategic lead for SEND and Inclusion across the James Montgomery Academy Trust for the past 2 years which has 20 mainstream primary schools, 2 with LA resource provisions and 2 MAT funded resource provisions. I taught in a mainstream primary school for 7 and half years before moving to a secondary special school where I became assistant head and Head of Fusion SEND Hub for 15 years. During this time, I was seconded by Sheffield Local Authority one day a week to be a Citywide SENDCo for SEND across Sheffield to support mainstream, specialist and Integrated Resources.

I am the DfE local lead for the Engagement Model and work with 2 teaching school hubs to develop the ECF SEND materials for ECTs, NPQSEN and NPQLT materials and facilitate on each of these. I am a member of the National Network of Specialist Provision, a trustee of the Equals charity and a member of the advisory board for Evidence for Learning. I work with each of these groups to develop and create materials for children with SEND and support the development of networks between both specialist and mainstream colleagues.