Keep up to date with all of the latest news, headlines and features from across the SEND sector.
March 2026 The House of Lords has opened a major inquiry into how well England equips people with the numeracy skills needed throughout life, with a public call for evidence now live.
March 2026 A major new study, led by the University of East Anglia in collaboration with Lancaster University and Durham University. has revealed that the pandemic significantly disrupted the development of children’s executive function skills.
March 2026 Join the National Children's Bureau for a funded webinar exploring fresh insights from ten years of the A Better Start (ABS) programme and their insights into improving outcomes in the early years.
March 2026 Specific learning difficulties (SpLDs) are not being identified equally among school pupils in England, according to a major study by Durham and Oxford universities.
March 2026 The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a new consultation on significant reforms to Key Stage 4 (KS4), aiming to ensure that schools with lower prior attaining pupils are judged more fairly.
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February 2026 The Gatsby team is working with leaders in England’s secondary and special schools, and colleges, to highlight how making careers guidance a strategic priority is helping them tackle attendance, engagement and other indicators of NEET risk
February 2026 Teachers and practitioners working with young people with SEND are being offered a free two-part webinar series this March aimed at making democracy and voting more accessible.
February 2026 On Monday 23rd February the Department for Education published its schools white paper Every Child Achieving and Thriving which shares their plan to reform special educational needs and disability (SEND) support.
Feb 2026 “The government has today pledged to end the one size fits all education system that has traumatised too many families, and damaged the lives of too many children, as part of generational reforms to improve outcomes for children with SEND.”
We’re delighted to share the launch of nasen Academy - a new digital learning platform created to support everyone working with and for children and young people with SEND.
February 2026 The SEN Policy Research Forum has published a series of new blog posts addressing critical challenges facing England’s special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, as policymakers await the forthcoming White Paper
February 2026 A new national research project is examining how Care, Education and Treatment Reviews (C(E)TRs) are experienced by autistic people, people with learning disabilities, and the professionals and families involved in supporting them
February 2026 We are delighted to announce the launch of a new accessibility feature on the nasen website: the Recite Me Assistive Toolbar.
February 2026 The Department for Education (DfE) is signalling a significant shift in how schools should use suspensions, emphasising that only the most serious cases should lead to traditional fixed-term suspensions where pupils are sent home
January 2026 nasen technology partner Concero Education Technology has been named a winner at the BETT Awards 2026, receiving the award for IT Support Service.
January 2026 The What Works in SEND team are conducting research to understand how state-funded mainstream schools in England organise and deploy staff supporting SEND. This is to improve the experiences of this group of children and young people.
January 2026 A new national collaboration, the Alliance for Inclusive Literacy, has launched to ensure that everyone has access to meaningful, progressive literacy education
January 2026 On Wednesday 28 January at 4pm, the Department for Education (DfE) will host a webinar for education professionals on the review of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs), including the SENCO NPQ
January 2026 Schools are being urged to adopt a more empathetic and transparent approach to parental complaints following the release of new government approved guidance designed to curb rising tensions between families and schools.
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