Meet Ellika McAuley

February 2022

My name is Ellika McAuley. I am the SEND Adviser for Early Intervention and Inclusion – although I am often known as the inclusion lead because that is a bit of a mouthful. 

I have been in my post for four years and before that I worked as an Autism support teacher. I have lots of experience working with children with special needs and disabilities as I have been both a SENDCo and also taught in a special school.

I love my job I because I have worked with so many professionals who are passionate about making a difference to children, and I have been privileged to be a part of helping them to achieve this. Because I have been here so long, I have seen the impact of this work seeing many children grow from toddlers to teens.

My role means I work on many different projects at once. For example, at the moment, I am working on putting the SEND support guide into practice, helping develop the local offer, designing a project to develop children’s language and communication skills in Northumberland Park as well as working with my team of specialist teachers and support workers to support individual children and deliver training.

Thank you,

Ellika McAuley

SEND Adviser for Early Intervention and Inclusion