The aim of this article is to give an account of a self-help "bottom-up" continuing professional development (CPD) facility for SENCos which has been built up over the last 16 years. This CPD was originally intended to supplement any substantive training that might have been provided by local authorities (LAs) and by further and higher education courses. In the context of the current obligatory SENCo qualification requirements, the role of the SENCo Forum remains very much an ongoing informal CPD, and this article aims to describe the SENCo Forum, how it works and what its significance has been--and is--for SENCos.