special educational needs coordinator
Special educational needs coordinators oversee programmes and activities that provide educational support to children with a variety of disabilities. They ensure they are up to date with the latest developments in the special needs research field with the objective of facilitating the special education processes needed to maximise the growth and learning potential of students with special learning needs, and advise the special education principal of these developments and new programme proposals.
special educational needs coordinator special educational needs coordinators oversee programmes and activities that provide educational support to children with a variety of disabilities. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include learning needs analysis, curriculum standards, disability care, disability types, project management.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £44,549 a year for Education advisers and school inspectors (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £37,377 to £54,486 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2323). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only special educational needs coordinator, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
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Frequently asked questions
What does special educational needs coordinator do?
Special educational needs coordinators oversee programmes and activities that provide educational support to children with a variety of disabilities.
What skills does special educational needs coordinator need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include learning needs analysis, curriculum standards, disability care, disability types, project management, learning difficulties. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace special educational needs coordinator?
Our AI-durability model gives special educational needs coordinator a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.