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Calendar
Academic year overview, monthly views and key dates.
Ensure your school is fully equipped to support pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) with our comprehensive governance checklist. Designed specifically for school leaders, governors, and trustees, this essential guide aligns with the latest government guidance to help you drive inclusive education and accountability.
✔ Key Features:
✅ Governance & Accountability – Strengthen oversight and ensure compliance with SEN and disability policies.
✅ Strategic Planning – Develop and implement clear objectives for SEND support.
✅ Training & Professional Development – Ensure continuous learning for governors and staff.
✅ Parental & Pupil Engagement – Foster an inclusive culture by involving key stakeholders.
✅ Resource Management & Funding – Optimize budget allocation for SEND provisions.
✅ Monitoring & Evaluation – Track progress and improve outcomes for pupils with SEND.
✅ Legally Compliant – Created in accordance with the latest UK government SEND guidelines.
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📝 Stay ahead with this essential SEND governance tool! Download now and ensure your school provides the best possible support for all learners.
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What's inside
Weekly planning, meetings, key dates, notes and follow-ups in one calm place.
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Academic year overview, monthly views and key dates.
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Time-blocked weekly spreads with space for priorities and follow-ups.
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Structured notes pages with actions and next steps.
Designed by a former Headteacher
Made for the role as it really is
I wanted one place to hold the week, the follow-ups and the decisions that mattered.
These planners began as the notebooks Lucy made for herself as a Headteacher. They are designed around the practical rhythm of school life, not an idealised version of it.
Lucy
School weeks do not run like ordinary weeks. This planner is built around the meetings, deadlines, follow-ups and decisions that shape the academic year.
Principal Planner 2026/27 - Cottage Design
Pay by purchase order, bulk discounts, custom invoicing, and split delivery to multiple sites. Used by 340+ schools and 38 MATs across the UK.
Schools and 38 MATs use HeadteacherChat planners as their default SLT planner. Trust pricing starts at £29 per planner for 10+ orders.
"We bought the SENDCO planner for every school in the trust. The MAT-level admin made it painless — one PO, eight delivery addresses."
The 26/27 planner
An A4 hardback academic-year planner designed around the real rhythm of school life, with weekly planning, meeting notes, key dates and leadership prompts in one place.
Planner questions
Quick answers for school leaders comparing academic-year planners, headteacher planners and principal planners for 2026/27.
Delivery options and timing are confirmed at checkout. You’ll receive an order confirmation email after purchase, followed by tracking or dispatch information once your planner is on its way.
Yes. The HeadteacherChat Principal Planner is designed for headteachers, principals and senior school leaders who need one place for weekly planning, school improvement, safeguarding, meetings, wellbeing and follow-up actions.
The planner is built around the 2026/27 academic year, with an August-July structure, monthly views, year-at-a-glance planning and weekly diary spreads.
It includes weekly time-blocking, meeting notes, goal-setting pages, school improvement planning, SEF tracking, safeguarding and wellbeing prompts, policy checklists, staffing logs, CPD notes, budget notes, governor notes and contact pages.
Yes. The planner includes structured space for school improvement, SEF, safeguarding, statutory policies, teaching and learning, SEND provision, wellbeing and termly leadership tasks, so key responsibilities stay visible throughout the year.
This is not a generic diary. It was created by a former Headteacher and follows the rhythm of school leadership: decisions, meetings, safeguarding, staff wellbeing, compliance, parent contact, governors and strategic planning.