Six challenges faced by every Senco – and how Earwig can help
Whether you manage the SEN for a 2000 pupil mainstream school or a 3-pupil unit, there are universal challenges Senco’s face. Earwig provides the tools to meet them – efficiently and intelligently, protecting your weekends and saving your sanity.
The Earwig Solution: Instant Record Creation & Timelines
Senco’s rarely have time for traditional record-keeping. The Earwig app makes evidence capture quick and effortless – snap a photo, take a video, upload a document, and add commentary (typed or dictated) in seconds.
There’s no limit to how much you can upload, and everything is stored safely in the cloud.
With one click, Earwig's AI will generate timelines for pupils, subjects or specific EHCP targets – instantly showing what’s covered and what’s missing.
Use the insights to: Pinpoint evidence gaps Create individual lesson plans Plan next steps, fast
Yes, we were outstanding again! We used Earwig to show the pupil evidence to match the curriculum areas that they looked at as part of the deep dive.
Sue Hewitt Head Teacher, Beacon Hill School, Essex
The Earwig Solution: Instant Record Creation & Timelines
SEND education requires flexibility. Earwig supports over 400 different frameworks, curricula and target sets – all manageable through one unified system.
Browse and use the Earwig Framework Library any time Add your own frameworks as needed Configure grading and targets to fit your approach That means: One tool. One login. Everything covered.
The most impressive feature of Earwig is its flexibility. With the help and support of the Earwig team we have created and adapted our own assessment frameworks with relative ease. Earwig has had a very positive impact at our school and the phrase that commonly comes to mind is ‘one-stop shop.
William Webster Deputy Head, Ickburgh School, London
Challenge 3 Aligning Learning to EHCP Outcomes
The Earwig Solution: Editable, Individualised Objectives
In the post-Rochford era, curriculum and targets must reflect each pupil’s EHCP outcomes. Earwig simplifies this with a customisable EHCP module that makes setting and tracking objectives straightforward.
Earwig can halve the time it takes to prepare for Annual Reviews buy using AI to produce comprehensive, vivid reports for parents and colleagues.
Ofsted loved Earwig, how focused we were on the EHCP and the evidence against it, we gave them automatic Earwig reports. Ofsted said it was 'fabulous'.
Ellie Capas QE2 School, Hampshire
Challenge 4 Managing Ongoing Formative Assessment
The Earwig Solution: Expectation Setting, Forecasting & Progress Tracking
Earwig tracks every achievement, however small – and lets you report against expectations and targets with ease.
Visual, at-a-glance progress dashboards Fully guided tools for all tech-confidence levels Ongoing training and help videos
Our inspection went really well. Earwig was great and we were able to show how we progress the children. We showed the statements and how we track their progress and how this will improve in the future. Earwig was a huge success.
Chris Wilson Ashfield Infants, Cumbria
Challenge 5 Boosting Parental Engagement
The Earwig Solution: A Dedicated Parent Dashboard
SEND parental engagement matters – but it can be time-consuming. Earwig makes it seamless.
Parents get a real-time window into their child’s school life, with no extra work for you.
They can:
View observations and progress Upload their own insights Collaborate with teachers and therapists
Everything lives in one place – keeping everyone aligned.
I am delighted by quality of communication and engagement with Earwig.
Neil Galloway Kingsweston School, Avon
Challenge 6 Reducing Your Workload
The Earwig Solution: App, Report Generator & Analytics
With Ofsted asking how you reduce staff workload, Earwig helps you deliver real, measurable time savings:
Evidence capture and annotation: Save up to 45 mins a week with the Earwig app Reports and targets: Use the report generator to produce completed reports quickly – just add comments Progress tracking: Use Earwig’s analytics engine to review and visualise pupil performance at the click of a button
With Earwig, your holidays might actually feel like holidays. Software like this usually costs £’000s a year to use but Earwig know that SENCO budgets are small, though their tasks are great. So Earwig created Silver and Bronze accounts especially to give SENCOs just the facilities they need, at a price that fits their budgets.
