Ms Helen Walsh:

Nobody has 79 schools now. Everyone is down to between 25 to 50, depending on whether it is a rural area with smaller schools, and demographics, but I will not go into that. SENOs are invaluable, the quality of the information they bring back is absolutely invaluable and the relationships they build with schools and parents are invaluable and we can always do better on that. We cannot stand here and say we have it nailed. We absolutely want to get out and meet parents more often and we have done that in recent years. In fact, relationship building has been at the heart of the NCSE's work in recent years, as is making sure parents know us. We get out to as many groups, community groups and CDNT team meetings as we possibly can.