Gary Aubin is director of SEND for a multi-academy trust, having worked as a SENDCO in mainstream primary and secondary schools, leading an Outstanding provision. With a strong mindset of inclusion, his work as director of SEND has supported schools out of Special Measures and towards Outstanding for their SEND provision. Alongside SEND duties, he writes the SENDMatters.co.uk blog and tweets as @SENDMattersUK. He is a contributing author to Great Expectations by David Bartram OBE and wrote the Understanding the SENDCO role course for Guide Education. He has reviewed and supported improvements to SEND provision within schools in Sheffield, Portsmouth and Kent, and has presented on SEND at numerous educational conferences and events. A former pastoral leader and still a practising secondary teacher, Gary completed his Masters in Special and Inclusive Education at the UCL Institute of Education.
