Could your school use Educational Psychology (EP) time more wisely to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of your SEND, mental health and wellbeing provision? Are you using your EP as a lever for systems change and to address ‘sticky and complex’ issues, or playing it safe with ‘assess and report’ methods that don’t move the needle on pupil outcomes? This session will guide you through ways to harness EP expertise as part of your school development, and how this can generate savings, encourage inclusion and generate progress with 3 ‘doable’ actions that your school can try immediately.

Target audience: SENCO’s / Leaders

Target Key Stage: Cross-phase

Settings Targeted: School, Alternative provision, FE / Higher education, MATs
SEND Focus: School Systems/ Whole School approaches
Related Policy: Every Child Achieving and Thriving (2026), White paper; SEND Code of Practice (2014)
Audience Stage: Level 2-3
Learning outcomes: 

• Ways to re-direct EP capacity strategically
• Leverage EP expertise for systems change
• Small-but-immediate changes to EP deployment that stack up efficiencies