This Ofqual-regulated OTHM Level 5 Certificate develops specialist knowledge, understanding and practical skills to promote positive learning outcomes, inclusive environments, action learning pract...
This Ofqual-regulated certificate is a specialist teaching qualification focused on inclusive learning, behaviour management, action learning and disability-informed teaching practice.
Ofqual-regulated OTHM qualification
3 mandatory units
36 credits in total
360 Total Qualification Time (TQT)
Recommended 100 Guided Learning Hours (GLH)
Pass/Fail qualification assessed through coursework
The OTHM Level 5 Certificate in Teaching Learners with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities is designed to provide learners with the underpinning knowledge, understanding and skills needed to promote positive learning outcomes and environments for learners with special educational needs and disabilities.
Develop specialist understanding of SEND teaching and learning
Strengthen inclusive teaching and support practice
Explore action learning in a specialist area of disability
Understand theories and frameworks that inform disabled learners’ education
Build practical strategies for promoting and managing behaviour
Gain an Ofqual-regulated Level 5 qualification
Learners will develop knowledge and skills drawn directly from the qualification’s mandatory units and learning outcomes.
Understand potential factors leading to behaviours that disrupt a learning environment
Understand organisational policies relating to managing behaviours in the learning environment
Promote behaviours that contribute to a purposeful learning environment
Investigate the impact of a specific impairment on teaching and learning
Investigate effective practice in a specialist area of disability and apply findings to own professional practice
Understand theories, inclusive practice, and policy and regulatory frameworks for teaching young people and adults with disabilities
This qualification is intended for adult learners who want to develop specialist knowledge and practice for teaching and supporting learners with special educational needs and disabilities.
Teachers seeking specialist SEND knowledge
Trainers and educators working in inclusive learning settings
Learning support professionals developing SEND-focused teaching practice
Practitioners interested in disability-informed pedagogy
Staff supporting young people and adults with disabilities
Professionals wanting a recognised specialist Level 5 teaching qualification
Applicants should meet the awarding body’s entry profile and English language expectations where applicable.
Learners should be aged 19 or above, have a minimum core of literacy, language, numeracy and ICT, and normally hold at least a Level 3 qualification in their own area of specialism
Mature learners over 21 with relevant management experience may also be considered, and learners from non-majority English-speaking countries must provide evidence of English language competency
Assessment is coursework-based and criterion-referenced. All units are assessed and internally quality assured by the centre, with external verification by OTHM.
Coursework assessment across all mandatory units
Pass/Fail grading based on achievement of all learning outcomes and assessment criteria
Internal quality assurance by the delivery centre
External verification by OTHM
This Level 5 Certificate provides recognised specialist development in SEND teaching and learning and supports academic and professional progression.
Progress to further OTHM or other relevant higher-level study
Use the qualification to strengthen specialist practice in inclusive education settings
Support progression into roles involving SEND-focused teaching and learner support
Gain a qualification academically comparable to HND level and Year 2 of a three-year UK Bachelor’s degree programme
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